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Textile Fragment with Lozenges
Not on view
In contrast to the multicolored embroideries found in the same tomb, this light fabric features subtler motifs in a more somber, coffee-colored palette. The motif—a large lozenge with two smaller lozenges on its shorter ends—is thought to be a stylized rendering of an erbei, or winged cup, the most popular shape of drinking cup of the period (see a lacquer example of one such cup in the adjacent gallery). It may correspond to the “cup pattern” (beiwen) mentioned in historical texts.