Gu Embroidery of a Heron and Lotus

[Gu Embroidery of a Heron and Lotus]

Gu Embroidery of a Heron and Lotus, Kangxi, Qing Dynasty, 152 cm long and 41 cm wide
This picture combines embroidery and painting. It uses small blue-green techniques to dazzle and dye mountains and rocks, and uses varied and exquisite needlework to embroider hibiscus, egrets and birds. Among them, bird feathers are represented by hair needles, flowers and flowers are embroidered by needle sets, leaves are embroidered by needle snatching, flower cores are embroidered by seed needles, and water patterns are embroidered by needle rolling, which are realistic and realistic, which not only have the beauty and delicacy of meticulous painting, but also have the simulation effect of embroidery technology. The picture composition is sparse and clear, and the color matching is bright and bright. The work has an inscription and postscript in the ink book, which reads, “The Four Halls of Fragrance Push Herons, and the Centennial Jingfu Gather Rongxiao”, and embroiders the “Tiger Head” and “Golden Immortal” Zhu seals
This manuscript has the style of Qing Dynasty palace flower and bird painting, which combines the traditional meticulous heavy color painting technique and the Qing Dynasty painter Yun Shouping’s color and boneless painting technique. Embroidery tries to copy the charm of the painting, which is spacious and beautiful, fresh and elegant.