Muted gold panel with a partly hidden sun disc under a grey band, and swirling reddish-brown stalks of grain rising across the lower half.

Decorative Design: Sun Ripening Corn

A pale gold field with a dull sun disc partly emerging beneath a grey band at the top. Below, swirling reddish-brown strokes rise like ripening grain stalks, drawn in a flat decorative style. Its tones are muted ochre and gold, with a small monogram at lower left.

Artist: Edward Burne-Jones
Date: 1890
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Source: Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size: 849 × 1200 px

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Public domain · Edward Burne-Jones died 1898 and the work dates by 1890; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Edward Burne-Jones, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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