Heating and Preparing Cocoons, Reeling Silk [above left]; Drying Mulberry Leaves [below left]; The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworks [above right]; The Silkworm Eggs Spread Out on Shelves [below right]

Artwork details

Date:

ca. 1595

Medium:

Overall: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk, with corrections by the artist in white opaque paint on two joined pieces of laid paper

Dimensions:

843 × 627 px

Museum record:

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