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1611 Old Chinese Hainan Ethnic Minority Textile

Superb Old Chinese Ethnic Minority Meifu Li Textile head wrap turban with embroidered inscription

Meifu Li Ethnic group from Hainan,

Donghezhen area

Ceremonial women's head cloths, silk embroidery on indigo-dyed cotton.

The end panels are covered in extremely fine silk embroidery in geometric patterns and Chinese characters.

The body is fine indigo cotton.Note the contrasting selvedge.

Size - Approx 4'9'' x 9.5'' (145 x 24 cm

 


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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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