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Folding Screen (Biombo), Sino-Portuguese, Probably Macau, 17th century, Wood, canvas, paper, polychrome colors, and gilding
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Stand · China

Folding Screen (Biombo)

Sino-Portuguese, Probably Macau · China · 17th century

Medium
Wood, canvas, paper, polychrome colors, and gilding
Dimensions
Each panel: 193.7 × 59.7 × 1.3 cm (76 1/4 × 23 1/2 × 1/2 in.)
Accession
1925.407a-b
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter in memory of her mother, Mrs. James Breckenridge Waller.
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