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Bag for tea container (shifuku)
Japanese (made from Chinese fabric)
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, silk braided cord
Dimensions
Overall (Approx for storage): 13 x 6.5 x 6 cm (5 1/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.623
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDrawstring bag (shifuku) for tea container (chaire) with design of gourds, bats and butterflies in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a light brown twill-weave silk ground (possibly 13th or 14th century, Yuan dynasty). There is a purple plain-weave silk lining and a pale green braided silk cord.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915