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Dragons amid Flowers silk tapestry (kesi) warp 21-1/8 inches x weft 13 inches Eastern Central Asia, Uighur, 11th-12th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1987 (1987.275) Overall; detail cat. no. 13

Imperial Boots principal fabric: silk tapestry (kesi) height 18-3/4 inches x width 12-1/8 inches Liao dynasty (907-1125) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund, 1993.158, 158a cat. no. 23

A Vighnantaka Thangka tapestry with silk and pearls warp 41-3/8 inches x weft 29-1/8 inches Tangut Xia dynasty, early 13th century The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund, 1992.72 Overall; detail view of reverse under microscope; detail view under microscope showing pearl woven into tapestry cat. no. 24

Swan Hunt tabby, brocaded warp 23 inches x weft 24-1/2 inches Jin dynasty (1115-1234) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Ann Eden Woodward Foundation Gift and Rogers Fund, 1989 (1989.282) cat. no. 28

Cloth of Gold with Winged Lions and Griffins lampas warp 48-7/8 inches x weft 19-1/4 inches Central Asia, mid-13th century The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund, 1989.50 Detail; detail photographed through microscope cat. no. 35

Animals, Birds, and Flowers embroidery 14-5/8 x 14-7/8 inches Eastern Central Asia, late 11th-early 13th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1988 (1988.296) Overall; detail cat. no. 50

Thanka with Garuda embroidery: Yuan dynasty painting: Tibet, 17th century 45-1/8 x 17-1/2 inches The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund, 1989.11 Detail cat. no. 58

Thangka of Yamantaka embroidery and weaving 57-1/2 x 29-7/8 inches Ming dynasty, early 15th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1993 (1993.15) Overall; detail of imperial portrait cat. no. 62

Thangka with the Seventh Bodhisattva embroidery 17-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches Early Ming dynasty (1368-1424) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund, 1991.2 cat. no. 63

Child's Coat (with lining) weft-faced compound twill, silk length, collar to hem: 18 inches width, across sleeves: 32-1/2 inches Central Asia, Sogdiana, 8th century NOTE: Lining: damask, silk (same as Child's Pants)   China, Tang Dynasty, 8th century The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund, 1996.2a

Canopy embroidery; silk and gold thread height 56-1/4 inches x width 53-1/8 inches Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Amalia Lacroze de Fortrabat Gift, Louis V. Bell and Rogers Funds, and Lita Annenberg Hazen Charitable Trust Gift, in honor of Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg, 1988 (1988.82) Overall; detail cat. no. 60

Yamantaka Mandala with Imperial Portraits silk tapestry (kesi) warp 96-5/8 inches x weft 82-1/4 inches Yuan dynasty, ca. 1330-32 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1992 (1992.54) Overall; detail cat. no. 25

Animals and Birds amid Flowers silk tapestry (kesi) warp 14-3/8 inches x weft 12-1/2 inches Song dynasty, 11th-12th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of John M. Crawford, Jr., 1983 (1983.105) cat. no. 20

Robe outer fabric: embroidery length, collar to hem: 51-1/8 inches width, across sleeves: 69-3/4 inches Liao dynasty (907-1125) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund, 1995.20 Overall; detail of back cat. no. 51

Embroidery with Birds 10-1/8 x 62 inches Tang dynasty, 8th-9th century The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1994.96 cat. no. 48

Djeiran with Floral Branches and Moon tabby, brocaded warp 43-1/4 inches x weft 15-1/8 inches Jin dynasty (1115-1234) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J.H. Wade Fund, 1991.4 Detail cat. no. 29

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