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Sutra Cover

Ming dynasty (1368–1644), c. 1590s
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings
33.3 × 13 cm (13.1 × 5.1 in)

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