Gu Embroidery Bamboo Forest Seven Sages Axis

[Gu Embroidery Bamboo Forest Seven Sages Map Axis]

Gu Embroidery Bamboo Forest Seven Sages Map Axis, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, 130 cm vertically and 44 cm horizontally. The old collection of the Qing Palace
This picture axis is painted with multicolored embroidery on beige satin. The picture shows seven scholars playing chess, watching chess with bamboo, chatting on the ground, or greeting each other by the side of a trickle of brooks. The picture is fresh and elegant. The theme of this picture is based on the story of the “seven sages of the bamboo forest” in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The ink book on the top of the picture is “the thousand bamboo sticks are used to make the atmosphere quiet, and the seven scholars’ poems and books are easy to flourish”, and the red seal “Lu Xiang Yuan” round seal and “Qing Bi Zhai” square seal are embroidered
This picture is a combination of embroidery and painting. People, trees, bamboos, water, and characters are all embroidered, while mountains and rocks are painted, and only their outlines are embroidered. the Taihu Lake Lake stones are all painted with ink. This kind of embroidery and painting combination is a common practice of Gu Embroidery in the Qing Dynasty. This picture is a typical work of Gu embroidery in the Qing Dynasty.