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Fragment

Unknown artist, 1800s

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

14 cm × 6.8 cm

Smaller than your phone. You would need 12 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 6.8 cm
Width: 14 cm
Medium: Block printed and overprinted gold leaf (varak) on undyed plain weave cotton muslin
Kind: Textile
Made in: India, Rajasthan or Northern Deccan
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 6 x 14 cm (2 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 14 cm × 6.0 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 14 cm × 6.8 cm. Smaller than your phone. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1800s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund.
How was it made?: Block printed and overprinted gold leaf (varak) on undyed plain weave cotton muslin, made in India, Rajasthan or Northern Deccan, India, Rajasthan or Northern Deccan.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.