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Ducks by a river bankfront, Cat. No. 9

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  • 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
    organic › animal › animal product › silk,
    processed material › textile › silk
    Technique index
    woven,
    assembled › woven,
    dyed,
    coloured › dyed,
    needleworked › embroidered
    Object type index
    miscellaneous equipment › panel,
    textile,
    visual representation › picture
    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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