MFA 35.1969, Textile fragment with floral design, Japan (Nara period, 8th century)
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 35.1969. 11.43 x 8.89 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
The textile fragment with floral design in blue and yellow silk on a green silk ground is a gift of Yamanaka & Co., Boston, to the MFA on December 5, 1935[1]. The textile is made of silk with supplementary weft patterning.
MFA 30.121 Painted cotton fragment © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
MFA 30.121 Painted cotton fragment, detail © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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[1] http://https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/textile-fragment-65627