Manchu. Thanka (Religious Picture). 1743–1744. China. Silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details in colors, black, and with gold leaf; outer scroll top silk, warp-float faced 5 1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats; scroll wrapper silk, warp-float faced 5 1 satin weave with 1 2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; rayon and cotton ties; scroll wrapper lined with silk, warp-float faced 2 1 'S' twill weave sel
Manchu. Thanka (Religious Picture). 1743–1744. China. Silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details in colors, black, and with gold leaf; outer scroll top silk, warp-float faced 5 1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats; scroll wrapper silk, warp-float faced 5 1 satin weave with 1 2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; rayon and cotton ties; scroll wrapper lined with silk, warp-float faced 2 1 'S' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave
Size: 1541px × 3000px
Photo credit: © WBC ART / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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