Embroidered Panels with Design of the Chinese Characters for 'Longevity' and 'Good Fortune', 18th-19th century, Unknown Korean, 34 3/16 × 12 3/4 in. ( × cm) (image)46 3/4 × 14 3/8 in. ( × cm) (mount)50 3/4 × 33 5/8 × 1 in. ( × × cm) (outer frame), Gold-thread embroidery on silk, Korea, 18th-19th century, Each of these six panels features twenty-four Chinese characters, alternating between the characters for 'longevity' (壽) and 'good fortune' (福). The characters, embroidered in gold thread on a light-blue ground, represent a wide variety of scripts.

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Size: 3788px × 5660px
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Photo credit: © Penta Springs / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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