Frame containing one Shosoin fragment Maker: Unknown

8th century CE

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Hemp

Dimensions

7 × 3 7/8 in. (17.8 × 9.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Associates in Fine Arts

Accession Number

1942.85

Geography

Japan

Culture

Japanese

Period

Nara period (710–94 C.E.)

Classification

Textiles

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Provenance
Said to have come from the Shoso-in at Nara; Yamanaka and Co., New York, purchased in May 1942 by the Associates in Fine Arts, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Inscriptions

"Honorable Hall of Relics"

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