Birds and Flowers

Korea

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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.

Birds and Flowers, Ten-panel folding screen, silk embroidery, Korea

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Birds and Flowers, Ten-panel folding screen, silk embroidery, Korea
Birds and Flowers, Ten-panel folding screen, silk embroidery, Korea
Birds and Flowers, Ten-panel folding screen, silk embroidery, Korea
Birds and Flowers, Ten-panel folding screen, silk embroidery, Korea
Birds and Flowers, Ten-panel folding screen, silk embroidery, Korea
Birds and Flowers, Ten-panel folding screen, silk embroidery, Korea

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