Embed EPS/SVG in Matplotlib figure and ensure that they remain in vector format in the final output

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I’ve an EPS file named as f6mmP.eps, which is slightly edited from this eps file by inkscape, as shown below:

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Now, I want to embed the above EPS file in one of my Matplotlib figure and ensure that it remains in vector format in the final output. Based on the guidance/comment here and here, I figured out the following code snippet:

from matplotlib.offsetbox import TextArea, DrawingArea, OffsetImage, AnnotationBbox

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import matplotlib.image as mpimg

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
ax.set_ylim(0, 1)

arr_lena = mpimg.imread('f6mmP.eps')

imagebox = OffsetImage(arr_lena, zoom=0.5)

ab = AnnotationBbox(imagebox, (0.8, 0.6))

ax.add_artist(ab)

plt.grid()

plt.draw()
plt.savefig("my_test.eps")
plt.show()

However, the EPS file embedded using the above method seems very blurred in the final result file, as shown below:

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So, I want to know if I can embed an EPS/SVG in Matplotlib figure and ensure that they remain in vector format in the final output.

Regards,
HZ