明晚期 緙絲花燈紋屏|Panel with Lantern and Streamers

Unknown

ca. 1600 · Silk and metallic thread tapestry (kesi) · Asian Art

Perhaps used on the occasion of the Lantern Festival—the fifteenth day of the first lunar month—this tapestry illustrates the seasonal interior design of a wealthy family in the seventeenth century. Celebrated with numerous lanterns lighting up the streets and buildings, this traditional festival extends the auspicious wishes of brightness and joy for the first full moon of the lunar New Year.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Silk and metallic thread tapestry (kesi)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund and Eilnor Merrel, R. H. Ellsworth Ltd., Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, Marie-Hélène and Guy Weill, Jean Mailey, Janice T. Hamburger and Barbara Teague Gifts, in memory of Michael Abraham, 1988