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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a long, narrow, green and gold patterned fabric strip. The fabric is primarily green with a gold and dark blue abstract design. The edges are frayed. A small piece of paper with black Chinese characters is to the right. A small white rectangle with black numbers is at the bottom right. A faint grey number is handwritten near the center bottom. The background is off-white. Title: Piece Artist: Unknown

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Silk / Compound weave
Culture:
China
Dimensions:
600 × 191 px
Museum record:
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