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Textile with Boar's Head Roundels

Unknown Artist

7th century

Textile with Boar's Head Roundels by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silk split-stitch embroidery on plain-weave silk

Dimensions

Warp 22 1/16 in. (56 cm); weft (selvedge to selvedge) 18 7/8 in. (48 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Embroidered

Culture

Iran, Afghanistan or China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Sir Joseph Hotung Gift, 2004

Accession Number

2004.260

Tags

PeacocksBoars

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