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Fragment of a Velvet Yastik (cushion cover) w/ cintamani motif
Western Turkey, Turkey
2nd quarter of 16th century
Ottoman Empire, 680-1342/1281-1924 AD
Cut, voided silk velvet with brocaded silver thread (cut at both ends)
98 cm. x 78 cm., actual
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.295

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