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Bag for tea container (shifuku)
Japanese (made from Chinese fabric)
Edo or Meiji era
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip and silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, silk braided cord
Dimensions
Overall (Approx for storage): 14 x 6.5 x 5 cm (5 1/2 x 2 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.627
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDrawstring bag (shifuku) for tea container (chaire) with design of horizontal bands of animals and flowers in light blue, yellow and white silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a cream silk twill ground (possibly 15th or 16th century, Ming dynasty); tan silk braided cord and yellow and green iridescent plain-weave silk lining.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift of Denman Waldo Ross to MFA on April 1, 1915