Embroidered Screen with Design of Longevity Symbols
Date18th Century
Object PlaceKorea, East Asia, Asia
MediumEmbroidery on silk ground
ClassificationsTextiles
Dimensionsoverall dimensions: 55½ x 144 in.
141.0 x 365.8 cm
overall each panel: 55½ x 18 in.
141.0 x 45.7 cm
image dimension, each panel:
46 x 16¼ in.
116.8 x 41.3 cm
141.0 x 365.8 cm
overall each panel: 55½ x 18 in.
141.0 x 45.7 cm
image dimension, each panel:
46 x 16¼ in.
116.8 x 41.3 cm
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds given as a Centennial gift by the Founders Junior Council and with funds from the Korean Community
Object number1985.14
DescriptionEmbroidery on silk ground, eight-panel folding screen with design of longevity motifs. Continuous landscape over full width incorporating the ten longevity symbols of sun, clouds, water, mountains, pine, bamboo, cranes, deer, tortoise and fungus.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, Asian, Objects
17th Century
1781
1700-1800
16th Century
c. 1860
c 1878
18th Century
17th/18th Century
c. 1906
1897-1898
c. 1825
c. 1490