Hanging with the Three Stars
This embroidered altar hanging is remarkable for its bold and expressive designs. The top and most important register features auspicious figures known as the Three Stars: Happiness (fu), Emoluments and Official Preferment (lu), and, in the center, Longevity (shou). Five boy attendants are meticulously embroidered with sweet faces and in lively postures. The middle and lower sections are decorated with sumptuous fruit offerings and auspicious animals and plants.
Artwork Details
- 清 刺繡三星圖掛屏
- Title: Hanging with the Three Stars
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: late 17th century–early 18th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Silk and metal thread embroidery on silk satin
- Dimensions: Overall: 81 × 95 in. (205.7 × 241.3 cm)
- Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
- Credit Line: Gift of Mary Cogswell Kaufmann, 1977
- Object Number: 1977.263
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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China
17th century
China
17th–18th century
Tibet or Mongolia
17th century
Central Tibet
ca. 1700
China
first half 18th century
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