Sujet
Brocaded velvet with chintamani design, late 1400s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Brocaded velvet with chintamani design, late 1400s. This early Ottoman brocaded velvet was woven in an imperial workshop in the prosperous city of Bursa, the silk capital and major commercial center of the Ottoman Empire. It has exceptionally rich crimson silk pile, almost twice as dense as later monochrome velvets. The brocaded pattern of three balls and paired wavy bands is known as chintamani, derived from the Sanskrit word for a popular Buddhist motif, "the three jewels," which in Buddhist art across Asia is shown surrounded by flames or foliage. Based on the high frequency of its use in art for the Islamic court of the Ottoman Turks, it appears to have been a favored motif and possibly even an unofficial imperial emblem.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F73_235
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
64,5Mo (7,2Mo) / 26,3cm x 61,6cm / 3101 x 7272 (300dpi)