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Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan

(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)

Discover exquisite embroideries, dyed silk and velvet panels, tapestries, and appliqué works

Detail of Screen with peacock and peahen, Japan, 1900-c.1910 (Museum no. LI1956.21)
Ducks by a river bankfront, Cat. No. 9

© Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum

  • Ducks by a river bank (detail, Cat. No. 9)
  • Ducks by a river bank (detail, Cat. No. 9)
  • Ducks by a river bank (detail, Cat. No. 9)
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Ducks by a river bank

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  • Description

    This deceptively simple-looking embroidery uses highly sophisticated needlework to depict the ducks’ feathers, their webbed feet, the grassy river bank, and the flowing river water. Swimming ducks were a popular motif on the decorative arts of this period, not least because the underwater sections of the ducks offered excellent opportunities for craftsmen to display their technical skills. A metalwork example [EA1956.1787] is also shown here. (Exhibition number 9)

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (probable place of creation)
    Europe (original location)
    Date
    late 19th century - early 20th century
    Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
    Material and technique
    silk, satin woven, dyed black, and embroidered with coloured silk
    Dimensions
    frame 60.1 x 57.4 x 5 cm (height x width x depth)
    textile 72 x 67 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › textile › silk,
    organic › animal › animal product › silk
    Technique index
    assembled › woven,
    woven,
    coloured › dyed,
    dyed,
    needleworked › embroidered
    Object type index
    visual representation › picture,
    miscellaneous equipment › panel,
    textile
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
    Accession no.
    LI1956.2

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 9 November 2012-27 January 2013, Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan, Clare Pollard, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 9 p. 100, illus. pp. 98-100

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