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Secrets of the Silk Road notebooks
Aug. 5th, 2010 09:33 pmNew item
Teaser image: this is a miniature garment. When I saw some items similar to this in Von China nach Byzanz (Ierusalimskaja, Anna A. & Birgitt Borkopp. 1996. Von China nach Byzanz: Frühmittelalterliche Seiden aus der Staatlichen Ermitage Sankt Petersburg. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum un der Staatlichen Ermitage, München. ISBN 3-92505-33-8), I assumed they were doll clothing, but the exhibit notes on this and another miniature that I'll be posting later indicate that they are symbolic funerary garments -- possessions for the afterlife.
Teaser image: this is a miniature garment. When I saw some items similar to this in Von China nach Byzanz (Ierusalimskaja, Anna A. & Birgitt Borkopp. 1996. Von China nach Byzanz: Frühmittelalterliche Seiden aus der Staatlichen Ermitage Sankt Petersburg. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum un der Staatlichen Ermitage, München. ISBN 3-92505-33-8), I assumed they were doll clothing, but the exhibit notes on this and another miniature that I'll be posting later indicate that they are symbolic funerary garments -- possessions for the afterlife.
