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Man's Bufu (Court Surcoat)

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1875/1900
Silk, 1:1 plain gauze weave; embroidered with silk and gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk in satin, stem, and tent stitches; Roumanian couching
105.7 × 157.5 cm (41.6 × 62 in)

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