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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, gilt paper strips; satin-weave ground with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Overall (Approx for storage): 10 x 6.5 x 5 cm (3 15/16 x 2 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.620
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDrawstring bag (shifuku) for tea container (chaire) with design stylized cloud motifs in metallic gold supplementary weft patterning on a golden brown silk satin ground (possibly 13th or 14th century, Yuan dynasty). Lined with purple, plain-weave silk. Drawn up with a green, braided silk cord.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915