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Kinran fragment
Kinran fragment
Artist/Maker
Date18th century
MediumSilk, paper
DimensionsOverall: 13.3 x 35.6 cm (5 1/4 x 14 in.) Frame: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation
Object numberS2024.5.19
Not on view
DescriptionTemple hanging fragment made of orange silk fabric with gold, green, and white designs.
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Additional Details

Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection, #19
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "19, SILK AND PAPER WEAVE. / JAPANESE, XVIII Century. / Part of a temple hanging. / The metal "thread" found in Oriental weaves is usual- / ly made of paper cut in narrow strips to the surface / of which gold, silver-leaf or other metal has been ap- / plied. When this paper thread is of gold the fabric is / called "Kinran"; when of silver "Ginran."
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