A fresh coloured tent stitch silk needlework picture with a central figure of a woman holding a flower, possibly personifying the sense of smell, an ornate building in the distance, a leopard to one side, a pool with a frog, ducks and fish to the other, infilled with other motifs including a rabbit, squirrel, butterfly, snail, stylised flowers and fruit trees--19 x 15in. (49 x 39cm.), third quarter of 17th century, English, framed and glazed, damage to the ground

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A fresh coloured tent stitch silk needlework picture with a central figure of a woman holding a flower, possibly personifying the sense of smell, an ornate building in the distance, a leopard to one side, a pool with a frog, ducks and fish to the other, infilled with other motifs including a rabbit, squirrel, butterfly, snail, stylised flowers and fruit trees--19 x 15in. (49 x 39cm.), third quarter of 17th century, English, framed and glazed, damage to the ground
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