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Textile with Swan Hunt

12th–13th century
Not on view
Hunting swans with a falcon was an important annual autumnal event for nomadic people such as the Jurchen rulers of the Jin dynasty, one of several rulers who controlled much of northern China from the tenth to the fourteenth century. Illustrations of this important seasonal event are found in textiles, jade, and ceramics. Historical texts record that Jurchen noblemen wore green silk robes with this motif during hunts. This piece is perhaps a fragment from such a robe.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 金 綠地獵鵝紋織金絹
  • Title: Textile with Swan Hunt
  • Period: Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
  • Date: 12th–13th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Warp-faced plain weave silk brocaded with gilt leather strips
  • Dimensions: Overall: 23 x 24 1/2 in. (58.5 x 62.2 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Woven
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Ann Eden Woodward Foundation Gift and Rogers Fund, 1989
  • Object Number: 1989.282
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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