Textile fragment with leaves and flowers

Details

• Title

  Textile fragment with leaves and flowers

• Associated place

  Asia › South-east Asia › Indonesia (Sulawesi) (find spot)

  Asia › India › west India › Gujarat (place of creation)

• Date

  14th century (1301 - 1400)

• Material and technique

  two pieces of cotton, block-printed with resist, mordant-dyed red, and dyed blue; joined with glue

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton

• Technique index

  woven;

  printed › relief print;

  dyed › resist dyed;

  dyed › mordant dyed;

  adhered › glued

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  490 x 98 cm (warp x weft)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum and the Eric North Bequest Fund, 1998.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 28 | Asian Crossroads

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1998.222

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