Fragment of Lotus Flower surrounded by Leaves

Cleveland Museum of Art

A flower with a bowl-shaped base. The flower has several rounded petals with outer petal edges stitched darker; innermost petal edge stitched light-tan. Petals are ombre-dyed from light-tan to pink to mauve. The center of the flower has tightly packed radiating yellow lines. The flower has a green stem. The bowl base is dark blue with an embroidered pink flower on the inside. Two leaf-like objects on either side of the flower are ombre-dyed from dark green to yellow. Two more leaf-like objects are under the bowl base on either side, also ombre-dyed in similar colors. The entire image is on a white background. The title of this image is "Fragment of Lotus Flower surrounded by Leaves".