Nineteen Fragments

Medium

Silk / Brocaded

Dimensions

Frame: 12 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (31.8 × 26.7 cm) a: 1 in. × 2 1/4 in. (2.5 × 5.7 cm) b: 3/4 in. × 1 in. (1.9 × 2.5 cm) c: 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (1.9 × 8.9 cm) d: 1/2 in. × 2 in. (1.3 × 5.1 cm) e: 1/2 in. × 1 in. (1.3 × 2.5 cm) f: 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (1.9 × 8.9 cm) g: 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (1.3 × 5.7 cm) h: 1/4 in. × 1 in. (0.6 × 2.5 cm) i: 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (1.3 × 9.5 cm) j: 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (1.3 × 4.4 cm) k: 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (1.9 × 3.2 cm) l: 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (1.9 × 5.7 cm) m: 1 1/2 in. × 2 in. (3.8 × 5.1 cm) n: 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (3.2 × 3.2 cm) o: 1/2 × 1/4 in. (1.3 × 0.6 cm) p: 1/2 × 3/4 in. (1.3 × 1.9 cm) q: 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (1.9 × 3.8 cm) r: 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (1.3 × 6.4 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

44.48.17a–r