Made of nasij, a kind of gold-wefted brocade which applies flat or round gold threads as weft threads, this pair of Mongolia boot-shaft covers are adorned with repetitious motif groups, three rows as a cycle, the first one of which is composed of a flying bird and a standing bird, with a peony blossom in between; the second features two wide rabbits, one running forward while the other looking around, separated by a lotus flower; and the third consists of two flying birds, probably a phoenix and a goose, followed by a peony bud.
With a 2.6 cm-wide upper hem in green juan, a relatively plain silk twill or tabby, the raised end of which is attached with a belt made of blue juan, the covers’ lower section features 4 cm-wide hem in the shape of ruyi-head, made of nasij with a tortoiseshell foundation. Similar decorative hemming was also found on boot covers unearthed in Damao Banner, Inner Mongolia.
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