Length of Cotton
20th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
A small square of fringed cotton with a central motif resisted in read and white against a blue 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
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Resist-dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Square of cotton, red and white motif resist dyed on blue cotton ground, China, 20th century |
| Physical description | A small square of fringed cotton with a central motif resisted in read and white against a blue 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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| 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.97F-1983 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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