Su Wu the Shepherd Pillow
Su Wu the Shepherd Pillow
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Su Wu was a Han dynasty envoy who, around 100 BCE, was detained by the Xiongnu and exiled to tend a flock of male sheep by Lake Baikal, told he could return home only when they bore young — an impossible condition meant to keep him captive indefinitely. He endured nineteen years of hardship in this way without renouncing his loyalty to the Han court, becoming a lasting Chinese symbol of unwavering fidelity under duress. This painting is by Min Zhen, an orphaned, eccentric Qing dynasty artist trained by Tang Yin, who depicted the story as part of the Cleveland Museum of Art's collection of Chinese figure paintings.
Jacquard-woven both sides in soft, durable yarn; insert included.
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The quality is better than most of what I have seen at this price. It captures shepherd design well enough that I stopped looking for a better one. The reproduction is clean and even, with no obvious digital artifacts. Nearly perfect, and I am not complaining.
My whole family has opinions about the house and everyone agreed on this one. The tones across shepherd design are even and true right to the corners.
Half of this worked out and the other half did not. My eye goes to the middle of shepherd design and finds the edges a bit soft. Fine for a room nobody spends much time in.
This is the best thing I have bought for the house all year. The image is so clean that I have looked at it with a magnifier. My neighbor liked it enough that she ordered one for her own place. This is what buying online should feel like.
It arrived four days after I ordered and in perfect shape. There is more going on in shepherd design than I noticed on the website. The listing photos were honest, which is rarer than it should be. It has held up through a winter of dry radiator heat with no curling at all. Very happy with the purchase.