Image: Chinese silk, 4th Century BC
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Description: Detail of an embroidered silk gauze ritual garment from a 4th century BC, Zhou era tomb at Mashan, Hubei province, China. The flowing, curvilinear design incorporates dragons, phoenixes, and tigers. Rows of even, round chain-stitches are used both for outline and to fill in color.
Title: Chinese silk, 4th Century BC
Credit: From my book by Patricia Ebrey (1999)
Author: PericlesofAthens
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