Boot
Cleveland Museum of Art

Boot

907–1125

Silk: tapestry weave; two kinds of metal threads
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

The once lavish use of gold and the Chinese-inspired phoenix motif suggest that the boots were made for a member of the Liao imperial family, probably a woman.

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