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Seven column kesa with lotus vine design; shiten and niten with sheashell design
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Seven column kesa with lotus vine design; shiten and niten with sheashell design

CultureJapanese
Date1800-1849
MediumOrange ground silk brocade with gold-leaf wrapped around paper threads; shiten and niten of white ground silk brocade; inset panels (denso) of turquoise blue ground silk brocade with gold-leaf over paper threads
DimensionsOverall: 41 x 72 inches (104.14 x 182.88 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number31-142/43
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Not on view
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Exhibition History
Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Textiles, Toledo Museum, Toledo, OH, November 1933, no. 53.
Provenance

With G. Komyo, Kyoto, Japan, by November, 1931;

Purchased from G. Komyo by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.
Published References
Toledo Museum, Exhibition of Chinese and Japanese Textile, exh. cat. (Toledo: Toledo Museum, November 1933) no. 53.
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