LIAO-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE 'THOUSAND BUDDHAS' BROCADE
LIAO-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
The brocade is woven in tones of blue, green, peach, ochre and white threads depicting seven rows of Buddhas each seated on a lotus throne in an identical posture, each row with details picked out in different tones and divided by ruyi shaped clouds.
25 x 35 in. (63.5 x 89 cm.), mounted and framed

Provenance

Acquired by the current owner in the 1980s

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Lot Essay

This pattern of 'Thousand Buddhas' was prominent in early Buddhist cave paintings on the Silk Road, such as those found in Dunhuang and was most probably the inspiration for this brocade panel. Compare to another panel of a later Ming date illustrated Jacqueline Simcox, Chinese Textiles, Spink & Son, London, 1994, no. 19.

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