Mongolian Felts

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Ming resist dyed felts Group I.

Dating from the 15th./16th. Century . The subjects are of a auspicious nature .The art often resemble that of the Yuan period rather than the Ming.

This lyrical felt is full of movement and joy. It's art is of inspirational greatness.
C-14 testing shows a calibrated date 1481-1655. Depicting a bird and horse.
This textile contains fluid drawing of bulrushes and ribbons whipping around and a understanding of reciprocal art as in the silhouetting the full moon with the grasses in the lower part of this panel. The horse displays leg articulation as found on samite textiles of Central Asia in the 7th. to 9th. century

Ming resist wool twill woven in strips.

The style of dapple and leg articulation can also be found on early Central Asian samite textiles. According to Daoist lore the wondrous deer is capable of Finding the elusive fungus of immortality, a fabled ancestor the rabbit pounds the elixir of immortality on the moon. This could explain why our deer is holding fungus and has rabbit like big ears. This textile is made from three strips of twill woven wool (possibly a Tibetan fabric)and has lost 8 inchesfrom the top and 9 inches from the side. The strength of drawing is really wonderful.This textile could easily predate the all the other felts in this collection..

This beautiful felt is freely drawn without the use of stencels. I love it for its free and spontanious qualitys.

Deer felt that relates to the one above.

The first rare white ground felt of three known, stylistically this relates to Cizhou stoneware of the Song / Yuan which uses a technique of scraping glaze away to leave a white ground, here resist was applied to reserve the white. So they are inherently related through technique ( the drawing is created in the white areas) but the art is also related. The broken border has more glyphic elements