Physical description
Hanging panel of embroidered red satin in coloured silks (mostly green, blue, black and white, with touches of red, pink and yellow), and silver-gilt thread in satin and stem stitches and laid and couched work. Lined with pink cotton.
Embroidered with two of the Stories of filial piety.
At the top is Yang Hiang, said to have lived during the Han dynasty. When fourteen years old and in the fields, he saw a tiger about to attack his father, whereupon he threw himself under the talons of the beast and thus enabled his father to escape by the sacrifice of his own life. Below is Kiang Keh. A scholar and official of the Ts'i dynasty c. AD 490.
Place of Origin
China (made)
Date
1880-1920 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Embroidered silk satin in silks and silver-gilt thread, lined with cotton
Marks and inscriptions
Presented by your huble nephew, Wu Shin-yuan who bows the head as great courtesy.
'Chung ssù Yen-ch'ing'
May your children be numerous as locusts!
First Square Seal
'Kua-tieh Mien-ch'ang'
May you have children more and more like melons and baby melons!
Second Square Meal
Dimensions
Length: 123.2 cm, Width: 48.9 cm, Width: 35 cm
Descriptive line
Embroidered hanging, China, late 19th century
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Wilson, Verity. Chinese Textiles. London : V&A Publications, 2005, plate 59.
Materials
Silk (textile)
Techniques
Embroidering
Categories
Textiles; Embroidery
Collection
East Asia Collection