Chinese Dragons and Lotuses Square Silk Scarf from The Met Museum

The classic color palette represented on our scarf exemplifies one of the most innovative developments in the global history of ceramics. The practice of painting cobalt blue imagery on white porcelain burgeoned in 14th-century China, after which it was adapted by potters around the world. The dragon-and-lotus motif featured here evokes an early 16th-century painted porcelain dish crafted during China’s Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and housed at The Met.