Panel with Dragon, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 17th century, China, Silk, feather, and metallic thread embroidery on silk gauze, 21 1/8 x 46 in. (53.7 x 116.8 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, This fragment of a larger embroidered textile utilizes polychrome silks and two other types of thread. Gold metallic thread is especially prominent in the background, and thread made from peacock feathers wrapped around a silk core is seen in the scales of the dragon
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Panel, Dragon, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, 17th century, China, Silk, feather, metallic thread embroidery, silk gauze, 21 1/8 x 46, 53.7 116.8 cm, Textiles-Embroidered, fragment, larger embroidered, textile, utilizes, polychrome, silks, two, types, thread, Gold metallic, prominent, background, peacock feathers, wrapped, core, scales, dragon
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