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Textile with Boar's Head Roundels
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Silk split-stitch embroidery on plain-weave silk, Iran Afghanistan or China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region)
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Sir Joseph Hotung Gift 2004
Title: Textile with Boar's Head Roundels
Description:
Silk split-stitch embroidery on plain-weave silk, Iran Afghanistan or China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region).
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