Embroidery of Birds Striving

[Guangxiu Hundred Birds Striking]

Guangxiu Hundred Birds Striking, Qing Dynasty, 52 cm vertically and 47 cm horizontally
The painted damask in this picture is embroidered with 17 kinds of birds, including peacocks, mandarin ducks, quails, hummingbirds, starlings, parrots, and 3 sheep, as well as several kinds of flowers, such as lotus and peony. In terms of techniques, more than ten kinds of needles are used, such as set needle, needle alignment, thimble needle, rolling needle, hairdressing needle, chicken feather needle, pricking needle, seed needle, scaly needle, pine needle, net needle, and connecting needle, which are staggered and changeable. The feathers of birds are embroidered one by one, flowers and plants are leaf by leaf, and the silk movement pays attention to the silk direction of bird feathers, tracing the texture of real objects, especially the chicken feather and peacock feather, which are exquisite and realistic, It has reached a superb artistic realm
This picture fully reflects the various characteristics of Guang embroidery. The needlework is more exquisite than that of Lu embroidery in the north, and the composition is more beautiful than that of Boudoir embroidery in the south of the Yangtze River. There is almost no blank space in the whole picture. Birds are in various forms, and there are no similarities. The auspicious sheep are also lifelike, with the realistic charm of Western painting, and the color is gorgeous and rich without losing elegance.