Potted Orchid

This embroidery artwork is based on the painting by Li Fangying (1695-1755 AD) as one of the painters known as the “Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou”. The depiction of an orchid, a plant seen as the symbol of pride and dignity in the Chinese culture, growing in a broken flower pot reveals the painter’s innovative artistic thinking. With a flexible application of various techniques, the embroidery piece successfully expresses the paint’s unrestrained characters in artistic creation.