Japan

Fragment (Shitenno from Kesa)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/25
Silk and gilded paper strip, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in plain interlacings
8.3 × 7.5 cm (3.3 × 3 in)

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