Scroll
17th century (made)
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Scroll of buff satin embroidered with coloured silks in long and short stem and satin stitches.
The landscape scene depicts Zhong You 仲由 (543-480 B.C.) one of the Twenty-four examples of Filial Piety, crossing a bridge with a sack of rice on his back. On the shore are his aged parents outside their house which is shaded by a tree and bamboos.
The embroidery is worked mainly in blues, greens, buffs and pink, the design is completed in watercolour.
Scroll is mounted on silk, with a roller at each end and a silk cord for hanging at the top.
The landscape scene depicts Zhong You 仲由 (543-480 B.C.) one of the Twenty-four examples of Filial Piety, crossing a bridge with a sack of rice on his back. On the shore are his aged parents outside their house which is shaded by a tree and bamboos.
The embroidery is worked mainly in blues, greens, buffs and pink, the design is completed in watercolour.
Scroll is mounted on silk, with a roller at each end and a silk cord for hanging at the top.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered satin with silk threads, mounted on silk, watercolour |
| Brief description | Satin scroll embroidered with silks, mounted on silk, China, 17th century |
| Physical description | Scroll of buff satin embroidered with coloured silks in long and short stem and satin stitches. The landscape scene depicts Zhong You 仲由 (543-480 B.C.) one of the Twenty-four examples of Filial Piety, crossing a bridge with a sack of rice on his back. On the shore are his aged parents outside their house which is shaded by a tree and bamboos. The embroidery is worked mainly in blues, greens, buffs and pink, the design is completed in watercolour. Scroll is mounted on silk, with a roller at each end and a silk cord for hanging at the top. |
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| Accession number | T.272-1962 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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