Japan

Fragment (From a Temple Hanging)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

87.6 × 50.7 cm (34.5 × 20 in)