File:Northern China, Liao dynasty - Pair of Boots - 1993.158 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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[edit]Pair of Boots
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Pair of Boots |
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| Object type | textile | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This magnificent pair of boots, made of finely woven silk tapestry (kesi), features two phoenixes in flight chasing a flaming pearl. Although the bright colors of the fabric have become muted from being buried in a tomb and the gold threads are partly disintegrated, the once lavish use of gold and the Chinese-inspired phoenix motif suggest that the boots were made for a member of the Liao imperial family, probably a woman. At the time the boots were made in the Khitan-occupied territory in northern China, footbinding was introduced among upper-class women in southern China. The high value the Khitan people accorded to boots relates to their mobile, seminomadic lifestyle. |
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| Date | between 907 and 1125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Silk: tapestry weave; two kinds of metal threads | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 47.5 x 30.8 cm (18 11/16 x 12 1/8 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1993.158 |
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| Place of creation | Northern China, Liao dynasty (907-1125) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.158 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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