Eighteen Fragments

Medium

Silk / Brocaded

Dimensions

Frame: 14 × 16 1/4 in. (35.6 × 41.3 cm) a: 3 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (8.3 × 21.6 cm) b: 1/2 × 1/2 in. (1.3 × 1.3 cm) c: 1 in. × 1 1/4 in. (2.5 × 3.2 cm) d: 1 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (3.8 × 9.5 cm) e: 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (1.9 × 11.4 cm) f: 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (1.9 × 5.7 cm) g: 1 in. × 2 1/4 in. (2.5 × 5.7 cm) h: 1 1/4 in. × 2 in. (3.2 × 5.1 cm) i: 1 in. × 2 1/4 in. (2.5 × 5.7 cm) j: 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (1.9 × 12.1 cm) k: 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (1.3 × 12.1 cm) l: 2 in. × 3 3/4 in. (5.1 × 9.5 cm) m: 1 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (3.2 × 11.4 cm) n: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 cm) o: 1/2 × 1/2 in. (1.3 × 1.3 cm) p: 1 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (4.4 × 11.4 cm) q: 1 in. × 3/4 in. (2.5 × 1.9 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Woven

Culture & Period

Japan · Nara period (710–794), Tempyō (729–749)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1944

Accession Number

44.48.11a–r, x