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Fig. 2.3.1.6 Altar frontal
Blue silk satin embroidered with silk thread
without noticeable torsion, golden laminated
paper thread and fillet, metallic thread, organic
filament rolled in silk, paper roll filling; no lining
China, Ming dynasty, second half of the
sixteenth century
Dimensions: 84cm x 138cm
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon
(Inv. 612 Tec)

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