Period:Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) Date:11th–12th century Culture:China Medium:Silk twill damask (ling) Dimensions:W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); L. 13 in. (33 cm) Classification:Textiles-Woven Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1952 Accession Number:52.8 This textile was meticulously woven with boys tucked among floral scrolls and lotus pods—a rebus for, or visual allusion to, progeny. In addition to the Buddhist belief in rebirth from the lotus, multiseeded lotus pods were also thought to be a symbol for plentiful offspring.
Period:Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) Date:11th–12th century Culture:China Medium:Silk twill damask (ling) Dimensions:W. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); L. 13 in. (33 cm) Classification:Textiles-Woven Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1952 Accession Number:52.8 This textile was meticulously woven with boys tucked among floral scrolls and lotus pods—a rebus for, or visual allusion to, progeny. In addition to the Buddhist belief in rebirth from the lotus, multiseeded lotus pods were also thought to be a symbol for plentiful offspring.