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Treasure Types · TT700

Textiles & Costume

Silk weaving, kesi tapestry, embroidery, and garments and headwear

25treasures

5sub-types

8dynasties

Representative treasures

25 treasures

Eastern Han to Wei-Jin · Silk & Brocade

"Five Stars Rising in the East Benefit China" Brocade Arm GuardAn auspicious phrase woven in silk, found in a desert tombXinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and ArchaeologyTE10047 Western Han dynasty · Garments

Plain Gauze Unlined RobeA Han robe as light as mistHunan MuseumTE10048 Ming dynasty, Wanli reign · Crowns & Headwear

Nine-dragon nine-phoenix crown of Empress XiaoduanThe ceremonial crown of a Wanli empressNational Museum of ChinaTE10049 Northern dynasties · Silk & Brocade

Brocade with Animals in GridWoven beasts in a silk gridXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region MuseumTE10621 Mid-to-late Warring States period · Silk & Brocade

Silk braid with hunting scenesA hunt woven into a silk ribbonJingzhou MuseumTE10622 Northern dynasties · Silk & Brocade

Red-ground Brocade with Sun God in Pearl RoundelsA sun god in pearl roundelsQinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and ArchaeologyTE10623 Song dynasty · Kesi Tapestry

Immortal Palace on a Mountain (Kesi Album, leaf 5)An immortals' palace woven in silkNational Palace MuseumTE10624 Song dynasty · Kesi Tapestry

Kesi Spring Blossoms of Wealth and RankFlowers of wealth woven in silkNational Palace MuseumTE10625 Song dynasty · Kesi Tapestry

Kesi Kingfisher and Autumn Lotus (Album, leaf 1)A kingfisher over autumn lotus in silkNational Palace MuseumTE10626 Southern Song dynasty · Kesi Tapestry

Shen Zifan, Kesi Flowers and BirdsShen Zifan's birds and flowers in silkNational Palace MuseumTE10627 Southern Song dynasty · Kesi Tapestry

Shen Zifan kesi: Plum Blossoms and MagpiesMagpies on plum, woven by Shen ZifanPalace MuseumTE10628 Yuan dynasty, ca. 1330-32 · Kesi Tapestry

Vajrabhairava mandalaA Yuan imperial mandala woven in silkMetropolitan Museum of ArtTE10629

Sub-types

5 sub-types

Silk & Brocade

Kesi Tapestry

Crowns & Headwear

Sub-types by dynasty

Where each sub-type's treasures fall across the dynasties; click an ink dot to open that sub-type at that dynasty.

Textiles & Costume · Sub-types by dynasty
	Zhou	Han	Three Kingdoms	Northern and Southern	Tang	Song	Yuan	Ming
Silk & Brocade									5
Kesi Tapestry									8
Embroidery									6
Garments									5
Crowns & Headwear									3
	4	3	1	3	1	10	1	4	27