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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gold rectangle on a beige background. Inside the gold rectangle, a honeycomb pattern darkens from light gold at the top to dark blue at the bottom. The top half of the rectangle has short, thin, gold vertical lines. The bottom half of the rectangle has a repeating gold design with a cross-like shape flanked by wings inside a circle. The bottom corners have pink triangles. The image has '96.14.258' written in red in the bottom-right corner. This piece is titled 'Piece' by an unknown artist.

Artwork Details

Date
18th–19th century
Medium
Silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 537 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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