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Madder-dyed cloth from the Tang dynasty Excavated from Dunhuang Formerly owned by the International Museum of Textile Arts Published : Exhibition of the Beauty of Dyeing and Weaving, International M
Madder-dyed cloth from the Tang dynasty
Excavated from Dunhuang
Silk, colored painting
10.5 x 18.4 cm
Framed
Formerly owned by the International Museum of Textile Arts
Published :
"Exhibition of the Beauty of Dyeing and Weaving," International Museum of Textile Art, 1986
"Culture of Dyeing and Weaving," Jun Nakajima, Hokkaido Traditional Arts and Crafts Village, 1993
This is one of the madder-dyed silk fabrics from before the Tang Dynasty discovered in Dunhuang by the Otani Expedition during their third expedition (1910-14). The calm color of the oriental madder is beautiful. The painting is done using yellow pigment on top of the madder dye.
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