Silk portrait hand embroidery painting

Name: Beauty Playing Xiao 18

Category: 100% silk handcrafted embroidery art

Item No.: SP018

Material: silk threads on silk satin

Dimension (width x height): 18" x 27.5"

Price: $1999.00

Availability: One edition only

S & H: Postal Priority Mail 2-3 Days $49.99

Description:

This is an embroidery recreation of Beauty (a genre in traditional Chinese painting). There were many Bevy of Beauties paintings from famous painters at different periods from history. This beauty was playing Xiao. Xiao is popular Chinese folk wind instrument, referred to as a flute, made by Bamboo.

The Beauty in this embroidery painting is luxurious and magnificently dressed. She is playing music and looks so elegant and focused. The image reflects the noble women who lived an easy and comfortable life with much freedom and leisure. This is a master embroidery piece with fine craftsmanship and smooth execution. The silk threads are extra thin in this embroidery piece and long, clean and even stitches or overlay stitches were used for her dresses. The dress color changes and shape curves handled amazingly well.