Fragment

Medium

Silk or linen or cotton / Plain cloth weave

Dimensions

Frame: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm) a: 3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (9.5 × 6.4 cm) b: 1/4 × 2 in. (0.6 × 5.1 cm) c: 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (1.3 × 3.2 cm) d: 1/4 × 1/4 in. (0.6 × 0.6 cm) e: 1 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (3.2 × 3.8 cm) f: 1 × 1/2 in. (2.5 × 1.3 cm) g: 1 1/2 × 2 in. (3.8 × 5.1 cm) h: 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (1.3 × 6.4 cm) i: 1/2 in. × 2 in. (1.3 × 5.1 cm) j: 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (1.3 × 7 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

44.48.33a–j