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Chinese Handmade Ashema Tapestry (China)

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Chinese Handmade Ashema Tapestry (China)

Overall Rating: Overall Rating 4.2 out of 5
5 of 6 (83%) customers said they would recommend this product to a friend.
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Chinese Handmade Ashema Tapestry (China)

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Add a classic Oriental touch to your home decor with this Chinese Handmade Ashema Tapestry.
  • Batik tapestry
  • Hand-painted using the ancient 'La Ran' technique
  • Known contempora...

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Chinese Handmade Ashema Tapestry (China)


Add a classic Oriental touch to your home decor with this Chinese Handmade Ashema Tapestry.
  • Batik tapestry
  • Hand-painted using the ancient 'La Ran' technique
  • Known contemporarily as the 'wax dye' technique
  • Wax is applied on fabric to prevent certain areas from absorbing the dye
  • Depicts a beautiful lady named Ashema, famous in southwestern China
  • Double-backed for additional strength
  • Loop on top for insertion of a hanging rod
The Story Behind the Art

These beautiful tapestries are one of the traditional art pieces created by the Chinese minority known as Miao people who live in the Southwestern part of China. In this region of China there are many high mountains and historically it has been isolated, hence the Miao people have developed their own unique art and culture separate from the Chinese majority known as Han. Wax-dyed tapestry is one of the well known crafts to come from this. The patterns and methodology used in creating these tapestries has been passed down from generation to generation. Each artist adds their own unique touch to these patterns, making every tapestry different. Selling through WorldStock allows the Miao people to keep this ancient art form alive.

The handcrafted nature of this product will produce minor differences in color and sizing. Subtle shade variations will occur from piece to piece, adding to its unique qualities. Measurements are approximate.

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Warranty: None
Materials: Cotton
Model No: 60192
Dimensions: 28 in. W x 32 in. H


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Overall Rating: Overall Rating 5 out of 5
Magical Colors,  Jul 31, 2008
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femwolf from  Durham, NC Read all my reviews  (read all my reviews)
This wonderful tapestry sings with its outstanding grace. The background is especially intriguing, soft brown imagery against black. But Ashema herself steals the show! Lovely blues and greens form and exotic headdress. To see more of the Miao people's work, look through the wall hangings for tapestries with pretty tassels. The Miao people are an ethnic tribe in Southwestern China, as opposed to the Han majority. They are know for their outstanding textile craftsmanship. What a joy to find some available here! Easy to hang.
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It's pretty Good,  Apr 9, 2007
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This is a very detailed item and will be a great present even though it was a little pricey
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Picture Deceiving,  Mar 20, 2007
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Alice58 from  weatherford, tx Read all my reviews  (read all my reviews)
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I was disappointed on this one. The photo makes this look so much better than it actually does. I was not happy with the colors, especially in the fringe trim as it clashed with the colors in the painting. I will be returning this one. Just not what I was wanting.
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Overall Rating: Overall Rating 5 out of 5
asian art,  Dec 3, 2006
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weggy48 from  Illinois Read all my reviews  (read all my reviews)
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This tapistry is very nice. The color is not a blue as I thougt if would be. But it is very pretty. I have it over my bed. The back ground looks like black on line, but is actually a deep plum. You will have to get a dowl to hang it, but we just rolled some cording around the end of a dowl and hot glued some tassles on the end. Then ran the cording over the top to hang it from. Looks like it was purchased that way. My husband loves it. Our bedspread is gem tone and this brings out some of the blues in it. I would recomend this if you want to put a flair of Asian in your decore and want a touch of blue
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Ashema Tapestry,  Sep 17, 2006
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rubberb from  TX Read all my reviews  (read all my reviews)
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This piece is very colorful with bright blues and turquoise, greens and browns. I am happy with the colors but it did not fullfill my wishes to use it as a centerpiece for my room, although I am currently using it as such. It seems to need something to accent it, (a large frame, which would take away from the original fringed bottom) or some other pieces of like origin, which I haven't found yet. All in all it is unique and colorful, I just need some similar pieces to finish what I started.
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