150 - Silk trousers with an interlocking 'hōsōge' scroll design A pair of trousers woven in pure silk, decorated with a hōsōge (paradise-flower) design arranged in a continuous scrolling-vine pattern. Beyond its beauty as a woven textile, the piece is a valuable material record of the actual form of ancient garments — an aspect of dress history rarely preserved in such complete form. L: 95cm W: 64cm China Tang Dynasty