omgthatartifact:Welcoming SpringChina, 15th centuryThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtTitle: Welcoming Sp
omgthatartifact:Welcoming SpringChina, 15th centuryThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtTitle: Welcoming SpringArtist: Unidentified Artist Chinese, 14th–15th centuryPeriod: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)Medium: Silk embroidery on silk gauzeIn Chinese, both goat and sheep are called yang, a word also associated with growth, warmth, and light. Together with two boys, these animals may be read as a visual pun extending warm wishes for a good New Year. Red seals along both sides of the panel state that it was in the collection of the emperor Qinalong (r. 1736–95). (x) -- source link
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