Birds and Flowers
The history of inter-mediality between Korean painting and embroidery can be traced back to a 14th-century embroidered image of a Buddha. This late 19th-century 10-panel embroidered screen of birds and flowers illustrate the continued intersection of painting and embroidery in popular and sacred imagery. Each panel consists of two pairs of birds in a landscape of a rocks and flowering tree. Drawing inspiration from bird-and-flower and auspicious painting genres, the rocks are rendered in blue and purple tones and there are peonies, plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, camellia, and lilies.
Artwork Details
- 작자미상 화조도 자수 병풍 조선
- 作者未詳 花鳥圖 刺繡 屛風 朝鮮
- Title: Birds and Flowers
- Period: Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
- Date: late 19th century
- Culture: Korea
- Medium: Ten-panel folding screen, silk embroidery
- Dimensions: Image: each panel: 46 7/8 × 12 7/8 in. (119 × 32.7 cm)
Overall: 66 1/4 in. × 12 ft. 7 9/16 in. (168.3 × 385 cm) - Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
- Credit Line: Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, 2024
- Object Number: 2024.577.5
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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