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Landscape embroidery

Chinese
Qing dynasty; Kangxi period
1662–1722
Object Place: China

Medium/Technique Silk satin-weave ground with satin-stitch embroidery
Dimensions 73.5 x 55.5 cm (28 15/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
Credit Line John Gardner Coolidge Collection
Accession Number53.980
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionLandscape with design of stream with rocks, trees, bamboo, flowering plants, peacocks and other birds embroidered in cream colored satin stitch on a blue satin ground and mounted in a dark wood frame on a wood stand.
ProvenanceJohn Gardner Coolidge Collection; gift of Mrs. John Gardner Coolidge to the MFA on June 16, 1953