Panel Depicting Scholar’s Objects

Chinese Qing dynasty 17th century

34.2cm(w) x 65,7cm(l)

This exquisitely embroidered silk panel, a pair with that shown in Figure 11, shows typical accouterment of a refined scholar, including a dragon-patterned blue-and-white porcelain vase holding a flowering peony, a brocade-covered box, a censor on a stand, an incense container, and two wrapped scrolls. Using decorative stitches, the embroiderer created extremely realistic surface textures and patterning details for the various objects depicted.