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Mandarin Square

52-23-110A

From: Annam (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 52-23-110A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Annam (uncertain)
Date Made 1744-1911
Section Asian
Materials Silk
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Lion
Description

Not a Chinese official square type: possibly Annamese, otherwise a simple folk embroidery. On (faded) red satin, neither square split; two smaller lions with embroidered ball below; as sorted folk symbols, different combinations on each.
Height 31 cm
Width 29.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 1952

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