Kosode Fragment

Kosode Fragment

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This fragment's auspicious patterning brings together a flowering plum tree and fans, one of them decorated with a pair of cranes among pine boughs, bamboo, and mandarin orange blossoms and fruit. The tiny, densely spaced kanoko spots of the textile's clouds and blue fan are typical of the kanoko shibori technique of the mid-seventeenth century.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.