Sutra Cover, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), c. 1590’s, China, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings, label: silk, plain weave, painted with ink, glued over paper, × cm (13 1/2 × 4 3/4 in

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Sutra Cover, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), c. 1590’s, China, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings, label: silk, plain weave, painted with ink, glued over paper, × cm (13 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)

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