Page 27 - Chiense TExtiles, MET MUSEUM Pub 1934

CHINESE TEXTILES
S4ng pictorial k' o ssu and brocades are supposedly the I
earliest in existence, although we have tried to ascribe I}
the brocade weave to the Han dynasty (see pp. 13-14)-
on rather flimsy historical grounds, it must be admitted.

FIG. I. FRAGMENT OF K'o SSU
MING DYNASTY

So fur as the pictorial k' o ssu is concerned, the technique
is the same as in the ordinary k' o ml, of which Tang
fragments exist, but the pictorial examples are really a
separate group in that they are definitely designed for
kakemono or book covers, and the designs are usually
small shrubs and flowers or landscapes.

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