Textile with deer and a woven inscription

3rd–5th century

Not on view

This textile features a small repeating pattern of deer in various postures and six auspicious Chinese characters, all placed along a continuous undulating horizontal.The woven inscription includes the characters for ming guang (brightness). Textiles of the ming guang type are referred to by that term in ancient texts until as late as the reign of Shi Hu (335–49) of the Later Zhao kingdom (328–51).

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3—5世紀鹿紋銘文錦
Title: Textile with deer and a woven inscription
Date: 3rd–5th century
Culture: China
Medium: Warp-faced compound plain-weave silk
Dimensions: Overall: 25 1/4 × 19 5/8 in. (64.1 × 49.8 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of Douglas Dillon, 2001
Object Number: 2001.457
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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