banner; textile; 幡(Chinese); 紡織品(Chinese) BM-MAS.899.a

Period:Tang dynasty Production date:9thC-10thC
Materials:silk, 絲綢 (Chinese),
Technique:damask on plain weave, 綺 (Chinese),
Subjects:flower 花 (Chinese) leaf
Dimensions:Length: 43.50 centimetres Width: 6 centimetres

Description:
These two rectangular fragments once formed the bottom streamers for a Buddhist banner. They are made of blue damask on plain weave with the edges rolled and stitched with blue silk thread. The pattern comprises a five-petalled flower between two symmetrically arranged leaves, repeated upside down so that the whole forms an elliptical motif, 3.7 cm wide and 2.6 cm high. The twined floral pattern and motifs on non-patterned ground both became popular in the late Tang period. These streamers therefore date from the late Tang and the Five Dynasties. Weave structures: Warp: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 52 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, single, blue, 46 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/5Z irregular twill woven with 2-4 patterning weave on 1/1 plain weave foundation weave. 長方形幡足殘片，共兩條，兩側卷邊，以藍色絲線撬邊。幡足以藍色暗花綺製成，清地折枝花卉紋樣，上下鏡像對稱，橢圓形外觀，圖案寬約爲3.7cm，高約爲2.6cm。折枝花卉及清地圖案的流行均自晚唐開始，因此，此兩件幡足當屬晚唐五代時期。 組織結構： 經綫：絲，無拈，單根排列，藍色，52根/cm；緯綫：絲，無拈，單根排列，藍色，46根/cm；組織：1/1平紋地上以2-4幷絲組織織成不規則1/5Z斜紋起花。
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Comments:This fragment is cut out from the same textile of MAS 899.b.