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Hanging

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark blue square fabric with a colorful floral and tree design. The fabric has a tree with white blossoms on the right side. The tree has two thick, light-colored trunks and several branches. There are pink, yellow, blue, and white flowers, and green leaves around the tree. A green bird flies on the left side, and a red and orange bird is perched on a branch. The background of the image is black, and there is a small gray and white scale on the left side of the fabric. The fabric is titled "Hanging" and is by an unknown artist.

Artwork details

Date:
late 18th–early 19th century
Medium:
Silk; on silk
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 562 px
Museum record:
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