21 février 2016
Annamese Mandarin Square
Annamese Mandarin Square. Silk. Embroidered. Purchased from J. S. Letcher, 52-23-102. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology © 2016 Penn Museum
Annamese squares were made on red satin background; Chinese official squares almost never. Chinese squares had naturalistic or heraldic birds; Annamese squares had rather fanciful ones.
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