Dee Teller #16 - Moon Flower Sumie Scroll

This is the 16^th Scroll in the series for DeeTeller’s solo exhibition titled Asia Speaks. What I really like about this scroll is the soft feel of the cloths and transition from the dark background of the painting. It is a beautiful painting, with a moon that radiates boldness, but is still soft as a backdrop to the flower. The border of this is actually ginran, which is silver filament instead of the usual gold filament thread. I actually put in on backwards to have a more muted design. You will also notice that there is about a 1.5 millimeter piece of the ichimonji that borders the artwork. The white cloth with the small karakusa (arabesque) is a nice fit for the scroll. Above you can see the beautiful ebony wood jikusaki that has bone inserted into it. This really is quite beautiful with the blue of the painting.   In fact one can see this scroll in the background of the link.                                                                     Dimensions of the scroll listed below.

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	97	11.57
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	13.5	1.61
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	77.5	9.25
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	150	17.89
		0.75	0.09
柱	Pillars	20.5	2.45
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	7	0.84
地	Chi	75.5	9.01
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	120	14.31
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	343	40.92