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Four silk samite fragments, probably Sogdian,
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- Four silk samite fragments
- approximately 21in. by 21.5in. (53 by 54cm.)
originally from one textile,
Provenance
Sam Coad
Catalogue Note
In this textile, the roundels enclose pairs of spotted goats whose legs resemble those in the fragment from the Pelliot Collection in the Museé Guimet, Paris, see Feng, Zhao, "Silk Roundels from the Sui to the Tang," Hali, issue 92, fig.3, p. 82.