textile; 紡織品(Chinese) BM-MAS.920.c

Period:Tang dynasty Production date:9thC-10thC
Materials:silk, 絲綢 (Chinese),
Technique:liao samite, 遼式斜紋緯錦 (Chinese),
Subjects:bird 鳥 (Chinese)
Dimensions:Length: 4.30 centimetres Width: 4.20 centimetres

Description:
This fragment is also a Liao samite, with the pattern of a wild goose holding a scroll in its beak. White, yellow and blue are used for the pattern; red is used for the ground. Weave structures: Inner warp: silk, untwisted, paired, beige, 32 ends/cm; Binding warp: silk, untwisted, single, beige, 16 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, red for the ground, white, yellow and blue for the pattern, 18 passes/cm. Weave structure: 1/2S compound twill weft-faced on both sides. 三角形緯錦殘片（MAS.920.c.），以紅色緯線作地，其上用黃、白、藍等色緯線，以用遼式斜紋緯重組織織成一隻口銜卷草的大雁形象。 組織結構： c. 紅地雁銜卷草紋錦 經線：明經：絲，無撚，單根排列，米色，16根/cm；夾經：絲，無撚，雙根排列，米色，32根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，紅、黃、白、藍色，18副/cm；組織：1/2S向斜紋遼式緯重組織。
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Comments:This fragment was originally stiched together with MAS 920.a and MAS.920.b to form the headpiece of a banner. It is not cut out from the same textile of MAS.920.a and b.