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Daily Art: Baby Shoes with Protective Tigers

ARTIST UNKNOWN Baby shoes with protective tigers and symbols of a prosperous future (ca. 1900; Jiangsu, China) // Embroidered silk; 1 15/16 x 5 1/16 in. (5 x 12.8 cm)

via Museum of International Folk Art

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