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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scoutshouse, post: 422761, member: 267&quot;]Thanks, [USER=8948]@Enticz[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still waiting to hear back from Royal Ontario curator - she let me know they were busy working on an exhibit, so... But in the meantime, I did find this piece that&#039;s about half the size and sold for $249 in 2011 on <a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/large-embroidered-altar-frontal-19th-169462927" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/large-embroidered-altar-frontal-19th-169462927" rel="nofollow">Worthpoint.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The embroidery has a very different quality, as it&#039;s done on gauze.</p><p><i><font size="6"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font size="6"><b>Large embroidered altar frontal, 19th C.</b></font></i></p><p><i>A large altar frontal, Chinese, 19th century, showing figures in a landscape. </i></p><p><i>Embroidery on gauze, the outlines done in gold thread. Size 176 x 67cm. This item is sold &quot;as is&quot;, there are conditional issues. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/0611/19/large-embroidered-altar-frontal-19th_1_3f6ff4b80332aa05a86cedbf57bf4534.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]147699[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Just for fun: the 7 Japanese Fortune Gods on an unlikely clock I came across - those are actually Toshikani porcelain buttons. I&#039;m afraid to pry them off, so I guess I&#039;ll be selling the whole mash up as a clock. </i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]147710[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]147711[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]147712[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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