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Textile with the Character for Longevity (Shou)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yellow rectangular textile with a black border. The textile has a large character repeated three times vertically in brown. The character is for "longevity". The background of the textile is yellow and decorated with colorful designs including blue, red, and orange clouds and green, red and blue geometric shapes. The top and bottom edges of the textile are scalloped. The textile is on a beige background. Title: Textile with the Character for Longevity (Shou) Artist: Unknown

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Silk satin brocade
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
279 × 624 px
Museum record:
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