Panel
Unknown
early 18th century · Silk, painted · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Thin silks painted with flowers, birds, and butterflies for dress lengths, fan leaves, and screen panels were the final phase of China’s ancient silk trade with the West. The soft ecru ground of this unusual example, suggesting some special kind of unbleached silk, enhances the pearly quality of the white lotus and clematis petals.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- early 18th century
- Medium
- Silk, painted
- Culture
- Chinese, for French market
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1971
