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
Winged dragon attacking another dragon amid stylized swirling clouds
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Description
The typical Asian dragon has no wings; this type of winged dragon is more commonly seen in Central Asian art. A variety of embroidery techniques has been used to dramatic effect in this hanging. On the wings of the upper dragon, for instance, parallel lines of staggered diagonals are stitched over flat silk to give the effect of webbing. Parts of the design, such as the jaws and spirals of wind, are outlined with paper-wrapped threads. (Exhibition number 2)
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (probable place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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late 19th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Material and technique
- silk, dyed, and embroidered with coloured silk, flat silk, cotton, flax, paper-backed gold foil wrapped around a silk or cotton core, and paper-wrapped thread; cotton wadding; light-brown silk brocade border
- Dimensions
- 232 x 172 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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dyed,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
- Accession no.
- LI1956.22
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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. 3 p. 91, illus. pp. 90-91
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)
Location
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- returned to owner
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