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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown and black textile with repeating pattern. The textile is rectangular and oriented horizontally. The background of the textile is brown with thin, diagonal, tan and brown stripes. Overlaid on the background are black, irregularly shaped ovals with rounded ends, all roughly similar in size and shape. The ovals are arranged in irregular rows. The textile sits on a gray background which appears to be stone or concrete. A white label with black text reading "20.148.336" is superimposed on the lower right corner. Title: Piece Artist: Unspecified

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Silk / Compound weave
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
598 × 214 px
Museum record:
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