Length of Cotton
ca. 1970 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Cotton cloth with a circular design in the centre of which is the traditional spiral-shaped motif of eight circles. The pattern is resisted in white against a blue ground.
The resisting substance is likely to have been wax, as used by non-Han people living in southwestern China.
The resisting substance is likely to have been wax, as used by non-Han people living in southwestern China.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Resist-dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Length of cotton, white resist dyeing on a blue cotton ground, China, ca.1970 |
| Physical description | Cotton cloth with a circular design in the centre of which is the traditional spiral-shaped motif of eight circles. The pattern is resisted in white against a blue ground. The resisting substance is likely to have been wax, as used by non-Han people living in southwestern China. |
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| Gallery label | The designs on these resist-dyed cottons cover a wide range of themes. Some motifs, like these, are unique to certain minority peoples. Some are shared with Han Chinese people. In the past, a particular patter was thought to denote a particular ethnic affiliation. Through inter-marriage, migration and displacement, designs have been adapted and techniques exchanged between groups. Today, unless a piece is collected in the village where it was made, it is not possible to say where it came from. |
| Credit line | Addis Bequest |
| Object history | These blue and white cotton pieces (FE.97 to O-1983) were loosely wrapped in paper from the Peking Arts and Crafts Shop and it may be that all of them were purchased there rather than in the areas of manufacture. Registered File number 1965/3344. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.97I-1983 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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