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Textile fragment
Japanese
Nara period
8th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Ramie plain-weave, hand-painted with ink (sumi)
Dimensions
Overall: 15.5 x 9.5cm (6 1/8 x 3 3/4in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr.
Accession Number32.82
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of natural plain-weave ramie with design of phoenix hand-painted in black ink (sumi); mounted between two pieces of glass.
ProvenanceBy 1932, Robert Treat Paine, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1965), Cambridge, MA; 1932, gift of Robert Treat Paine, Jr. to the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 1932)