Silk brocade
Three duck roundels
Central Asia 7th - 8th century
Silk weft faced compound twill Dimensions
23.5 x 45 cm (37 x 56 cm framed)

Ducks face each other in simple flowered pearl roundels;
the palette is of blue, green and red on a cream background
Reference . . . Entlang der Seidenstrasse Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, 1998