China or Japan

Fragment

18th century, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912)
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in twill interlacings
32.4 × 15.6 cm (12.8 × 6.1 in)

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