Asian Art

Texile Fragment with Coiled Dragons

1615–1868

Silk, gold-wrapped thread, compound warp twill weave

4 1/8 × 6 1/4 in. (10.5 × 15.9 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Fiske Warren for The Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection
1937.5796
Geography: 
Japan
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Japanese
Period: 
Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

Mrs. Fiske Warren (1868–1961), purchased in Japan, 1897; given to Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York, 1934–37; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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