Four Panels: Two Dragons; Male Figure in a Landscape: Two Dragons; Flowers
Artist/Culture
Chinese
Daten.d.
MediumTextile mounted as a hanging scroll
Dimensionsmount: 137.8 x 56.5 cm (54 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
image: 109.9 x 41.4 cm (43 1/4 x 16 5/16 in.)
image: 109.9 x 41.4 cm (43 1/4 x 16 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift from the estate of John Chandler Bancroft
Object number1901.1319
Label TextThe auspicious symbols of blessing and happiness on this hanging scroll suggest it may have been a birthday gift. Woven into these panels are felicitous images (dragon); motifs of happiness (bats), longevity (the shou character and the flute carrying Daoist Immortal and patron of musicians Han Xiangzi), and for the fulfillment of one's wishes (the Eight Buddhist symbols--wheel, conch, umbrella, standard, lotus, vase, two fish and endless knot).On View
Not on view
Chinese
late 18th century, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
