Chinese School, Portrait of a Smiling Man, Silk Embroidery, ebonized and gilt wood frame. Image: 10.25" H x 7.75" W; frame: 14.75" H x 12.25" W. Provenance: Property from a Midtown Manhattan Private Collection. Keywords: Textile, Fabric Art, Asian Art, Portraiture, Figural, Figurative, Realist, Realism, Contemporary Art

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