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Textile fragment

Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions Height x width: 20 x 11.5 cm (7 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Everett Fund
Accession Number84.423
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionTextile fragment with design of dragon roundels, swastika, gong and rhinoceros cup motifs in gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a natural twill-weave silk ground.
Provenance84.417-84.552 were purchased for $150 of Louis Wertheimer at the Foreign Fair
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art