Fragment of figured silk

Fragments of figured silk of angular tree-coral type, in buffs, bright crimson, purple brown and green, these colours forming bands across the material. Details of pattern not clear, but very stylized rampant beast is repeated across fabric. Very strong selvedge. Discoloured and ragged.

Kind

artefact

Date

600–799 CE

Place

Ashtana (21.0063, 74.2596)