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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The title of the piece is "Piece" by the artist unknown. The image shows a square of fabric with a repeating pattern of leaves. The background of the fabric is black with small white dots. The leaves are white and have long pointed tips, with some of them overlapping each other. The fabric has a beige border around it. There is a small red handwritten text in the top left corner. The image has a white background on the right side.

Artwork details

Date:
18th–19th century
Medium:
Silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 617 px
Museum record:
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