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Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Two Fragments Mounted as One

700s

China, Tang dynasty

(618–907) or Japan, Nara period (710–794)
silk
Overall: 11.2 x 6.1 cm (4 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1954.70.q
Location: Not on view
  • 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
  • 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
  • {{cite web|title=Two Fragments Mounted as One|url=false|author=|year=700s|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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