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Bag for tea container (shifuku)
Japanese (made from Chinese fabric)
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, braided silk cord
Dimensions
Overall (Approx for storage): 13 x 7 x 6 cm (5 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.607
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDrawstring bag (shifuku) for tea container (chaire) with overall design of scrolling peonies on a diamond latticework in gilt paper strip supplementary weft patterning on a reddish-orange silk ground (possibly 15th or 16th century, Ming dynasty). There is a blue plain-weave silk lining and a light brown braided silk cord.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915