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Pictorial embroidery
Chinese
Ming dynasty
17th century
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Silk satin-weave embroidered with silk and painted
Dimensions
Height x width: 36 3/4 x 19 1/2 in. (93.3 x 49.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt
Accession Number46.404
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLandscape with figures (meeting of the Three Sages?) embroidered with silk and painted on a silk satin ground; calligraphy and artist seal at top; embroidery by Gu Family from the Suzhou region.
ProvenanceGift from Charles B. Hoyt to the MFA, May 9, 1946