Title: Eighteen Fragments
Object type: Fragments
Date: 8th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Nara period (710–794), Tempyō (729–749)
Medium: Silk / Brocaded
Dimensions: Frame: 14 × 16 1/4 in. (35.6 × 41.3 cm)
a: 3 1/4 × 8 1/2 in. (8.3 × 21.6 cm)
b: 1/2 × 1/2 in. (1.3 × 1.3 cm)
c: 1 in. × 1 1/4 in. (2.5 × 3.2 cm)
d: 1 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (3.8 × 9.5 cm)
e: 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (1.9 × 11.4 cm)
f: 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (1.9 × 5.7 cm)
g: 1 in. × 2 1/4 in. (2.5 × 5.7 cm)
h: 1 1/4 in. × 2 in. (3.2 × 5.1 cm)
i: 1 in. × 2 1/4 in. (2.5 × 5.7 cm)
j: 3/4 × 4 3/4 in. (1.9 × 12.1 cm)
k: 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (1.3 × 12.1 cm)
l: 2 in. × 3 3/4 in. (5.1 × 9.5 cm)
m: 1 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (3.2 × 11.4 cm)
n: 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (5.7 × 5.7 cm)
o: 1/2 × 1/2 in. (1.3 × 1.3 cm)
p: 1 3/4 × 4 1/2 in. (4.4 × 11.4 cm)
q: 1 in. × 3/4 in. (2.5 × 1.9 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1944
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY