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Fragment of silk

9th or 10th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; 5/1 twill-weave ground with 1/5 twill supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions17.4 x 22.5 cm (6 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Yamanaka & Company
Accession number35.1968
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift of Yamanka & Co., Boston, to the MFA on December 5, 1935
9th or 10th century
late 19th to early 20th century
late 18th to first half of 19th century
latter half of the 19th to early 20th century
late 19th or early 20th century