. Detail of an embroidered silk gauze ritual garment from a 4th century BC, Zhou era tomb at Mashan, Hubei province, China. The flowing, curvilinear design incorporates dragons, phoenixes, and tigers. Rows of even, round chain-stitches are used both for outline and to fill in color. 4th century BC. PericlesofAthens 127 Chinese silk, 4th Century BC

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Keywords: ., /, /., 4th, bc., century, periclesofathens.