Panel with Lantern and Streamers
Perhaps used on the occasion of the Lantern Festival—the fifteenth day of the first lunar month—this tapestry illustrates the seasonal interior design of a wealthy family in the seventeenth century. Celebrated with numerous lanterns lighting up the streets and buildings, this traditional festival extends the auspicious wishes of brightness and joy for the first full moon of the lunar New Year.
Artwork Details
- 明晚期 緙絲花燈紋屏
- Title: Panel with Lantern and Streamers
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: ca. 1600
- Culture: China
- Medium: Silk and metal thread tapestry (kesi)
- Dimensions: Overall: 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
- Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Eilnor Merrel, R. H. Ellsworth Ltd., Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, Jean Mailey, Janice T. Hamburger and Barbara Teague Gifts, in memory of Michael Abraham, 1988
- Object Number: 1988.27
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Accession Number: 2001.59
ca. 1330–32
Unidentified artist Chinese, active mid-12th century
mid-12th century
14th century
16th century
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