Scroll Cover with Animals, Birds, and Flowers
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Title
Scroll Cover with Animals, Birds, and Flowers
Subject
Intangible Heritage
Description
A classic example of Song tapestry, this elegant scroll cover resembles a famous uncut piece (now in Liaoning Provincial Museum, China). This tapestry entered the Museum’s collection as the handscroll cover for the masterpiece Old Trees, Level Distance by Guo Xi (ca. 1020–ca. 1090). The placement of the animals in the pattern illustrates a strong connection with tapestries from Central Asia, which may have served as the source for the introduction of the tapestry technique to China.
Source
wordlheritage2022
Contributor
yuqi2022
Format
image/png
Type
Still Image
Date Submitted
05/08/2022 09:05:33 am
License
In Copyright (InC)
Europeana
Is Shown At
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39731
Europeana Provider
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39731
Europeana Rights
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Europeana Type
IMAGE
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DescriptionEN
A classic example of Song tapestry, this elegant scroll cover resembles a famous uncut piece (now in Liaoning Provincial Museum, China). This tapestry entered the Museum’s collection as the handscroll cover for the masterpiece Old Trees, Level Distance by Guo Xi (ca. 1020–ca. 1090). The placement of the animals in the pattern illustrates a strong connection with tapestries from Central Asia, which may have served as the source for the introduction of the tapestry technique to China.
Citation
“Scroll Cover with Animals, Birds, and Flowers,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/887.
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