Rectangular Textile with Decoration of Paired Parrots in Ogival Medallions, the Medallions Set Against a Ground of Densely Scrolling Foliage and Stylized Blossoms

Chinese

Silk brocade: medium green silk ground of dyed yarns in tabby weave (possibly in lampas weave), the ground interwoven in brocade with strips of double-layered paper faced with gold leaf (possibly on a ground of red bole)

Yuan dynasty, 1279-1368