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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows "Piece" by an unknown artist. The image is a beige-colored square textile with a stitched design. The top half features six small trees with thin trunks and sparse leaves, stitched in brown thread on a diagonal. The bottom half depicts four ducks facing right, stitched in various shades of gray, with pink heads, white eyes, and black tails. The background of the textile is beige with horizontal brown lines. The entire piece is surrounded by a beige border.

Artwork details

Date:
18th–19th century
Medium:
Silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 481 px
Museum record:
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