The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 8, 2023

Fragment

700s

Part of a set. See all set records

China or Japan, 8th century

Plain cloth weave; hemp (?)

Overall: 7.3 x 7.7 cm (2 7/8 x 3 1/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.70.cc

Location

not on view

Provenance
said to have come from the Shōsōin and Hōryūji, Nara, Japan
?–1954
(Howard Hollis and Co., Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1954–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Shepherd, Dorothy G. "An Album of Textiles from the Shōsōin and Hōryūji." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 42, no. 6 (1955): 124–127. Mentioned: pp. 124–127; Reproduced: pp. 126–127 www.jstor.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1954.70.cc