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Title: Horizontal Panel with Profile Dragon amid Flowers
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Wanli period (1573–1620)
Date: 17th–18th century
Culture: China
Medium: Silk and metallic thread embroidery on plain-weave silk
Dimensions:
Overall (with top border released): 3 3/4 x 20 in. (9.5 x 50.8 cm)
Mount: 8 1/2 x 25 in. (21.6 x 63.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and The B. D. G. Leviton Foundation Gift, 1988
Accession Number: 1988.151
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