Kosode Fragment with Bamboo Curtain and Pines

Kosode Fragment with Bamboo Curtain and Pines

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The curving bamboo curtain on this textile must have swept imperiously from houlder to hem in the complete kosode from which this fragment came. The view beyond the curtain is of pine trees, their boughs embroidered in brilliantly chosen shades of silk. Under the boughs are ghostly outlines of what might once have been trunks delineated in embroidery.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kosode Fragment with Bamboo Curtain and PinesKosode Fragment with Bamboo Curtain and PinesKosode Fragment with Bamboo Curtain and PinesKosode Fragment with Bamboo Curtain and PinesKosode Fragment with Bamboo Curtain and Pines

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.