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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Goodykoontz, post: 11966751, member: 82566&quot;]among the many things i&#039;ve already found in my research, that i didn&#039;t include in my first statement is that very thing.&nbsp; this is an example of an ancient Chinese embroidery piece taken from a tomb that dates from, i think, 500 BC.&nbsp; you can see the red, which is more or of a magenta, bleeds similarly to mine.&nbsp; also, note this swirling style of art.&nbsp; according to my research this is referred to as Qi and was the prevailing artform in China for a couple of thousand years.&nbsp; it was during the Sui and Tang Dynasties that this fell from favor as the peony tang grass pattern replaced it.&nbsp; like i say, all of my research seems to point to this little piece i found being very old.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]550689[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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