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花罗

English translation: Hualuo (floral-patterned silk gauze)

18:34 Feb 23, 2022
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Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Chinese term or phrase: 花罗
牡丹纹花罗纹样图，南宋，黄昇墓出土 picture caption

thanx in advance for your help!
Kika Capretti
Local time: 17:26
English translation:Hualuo (floral-patterned silk gauze)
Explanation:
“花罗”, or Hualuo, in its integrity, is a term for floral-patterned (花) silk gauze (“罗”), which has a long history in China. The techniques in the production of this fabric reached its peak in Tang and Song dynasties. See: https://www.chinasilkmuseum.com/yz/info_98.aspx?itemid=26694 also https://baike.baidu.com/item/宋代花罗/10390140

Back to the text here. The structure is "牡丹纹花罗 + 纹样图". I think a proper translation should be:

Pattern diagram of a peony-patterned Hualuo, Southern Song dynasty, unearthed from the tomb of Lady Huang Sheng


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Wei Shen
Local time: 23:26
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4whorl or ribbing of peony pattern
jyuan_us
4Hualuo (floral-patterned silk gauze)
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whorl or ribbing of peony pattern


Explanation:
whorl or ribbing of peony pattern

"牡丹纹花罗纹" is one word, and the 1st 纹 is not needed

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Note added at 59 mins (2022-02-23 19:33:38 GMT)
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"牡丹花罗纹" is the right word.

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Hualuo (floral-patterned silk gauze)


Explanation:
“花罗”, or Hualuo, in its integrity, is a term for floral-patterned (花) silk gauze (“罗”), which has a long history in China. The techniques in the production of this fabric reached its peak in Tang and Song dynasties. See: https://www.chinasilkmuseum.com/yz/info_98.aspx?itemid=26694 also https://baike.baidu.com/item/宋代花罗/10390140

Back to the text here. The structure is "牡丹纹花罗 + 纹样图". I think a proper translation should be:

Pattern diagram of a peony-patterned Hualuo, Southern Song dynasty, unearthed from the tomb of Lady Huang Sheng





    https://www.chinasilkmuseum.com/yz/info_98.aspx?itemid=26694
    https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%AE%8B%E4%BB%A3%E8%8A%B1%E7%BD%97/10390140
Wei Shen
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