Collection Online as of December 8, 2023

Embroidered Fragments Mounted as One

700s

Part of a set. See all set records

China or Japan, 8th century

Embroidery, silk and gold thread

Overall: 24.2 x 15.9 cm (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)

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

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