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Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a black and white artwork titled "Piece" by an unidentified artist. The artwork is a square with a white border. The square filling the image is filled with rows and columns of a repeating pattern of circles. The pattern in each square formed by the grid is a dot in the center surrounded by 8 smaller dots. The pattern alternates between light and dark squares. The image is grainy. There are darker smudge marks and creases on the surface. In the bottom-left corner of the image, outside the border of the artwork, is a string of numbers. Underneath the artwork, on the white background, handwritten numbers appear.

Artwork Details

Date
18th–19th century
Medium
Silk
Culture
China
Dimensions
402 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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