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Measurements

picture: 12.5cm x 16.5cm; with frame 21cm x 16.5cm

Place of Origin

Korea

Historical Period/Date

20th Century (1970-1999 Late)

Registration Number

2012-013

Donated/Purchased

Donated

Techniques

Mixed Media Embroidery,Surface Stitchery,

Objects

Embroidered Pictures,

Physical Description

Six small picture panels, painted and embroidered in coloured silk. Each is framed in cream silk damask, outlined with pink silk thread. a. Bearded sage seated in front of a screen smoking a pipe and reading a book b. Two girls, seated, playing a stringed instrument c. Young woman dancing d. Two young women, one holding a fan e. Two young women, one seated on a swing f. Two young women playing on a see-saw, one high in the air.