Pair of model shoes of figured silk

Pair of model shoes of figured silk. Made in three pieces, sole, uppers, and band round ankle. Sole made of four layers of fine canvas ; uppers of two layers of canvas and outer layer of figured silk with narrow binding of green silk between it and ankle-band ; latter of figured silk only, upper edge raw.

Kind

artefact

Date

600–799 CE

Place

Ashtana (21.0063, 74.2596)