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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image titled 'Piece' by an unspecified artist shows a square piece of fabric with a gold border. The fabric background is beige. The fabric features illustrations and text in black, white, and blue. There are two white horses with riders at the top. There are four illustrations of people sitting at a low table, two on the bottom and one on each side. There are three illustrations featuring a building with a pagoda roof. There are two illustrations of a dragon boat. There are two illustrations of butterflies. The text is arranged in columns throughout, written in black ink. The numbers '96.14.633' are printed in red at the bottom right.

Artwork Details

Date
18th–19th century
Medium
Silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 595 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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