Gift Cover
| Native Name | Fukusa |
|---|---|
| Object Number: | 29-96-566 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Japanese |
| Provenience: | Japan |
| Date Made: | 1750 - 1800 CE |
| Early Date: | 1750 |
| Late Date: | 1800 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Crepe Satin Metal |
| Technique: | Painted Embroidered |
| Iconography: | Boy Hotei |
| Length: | 83 cm |
| Width: | 71 cm |
| Credit Line: | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Description
Embroidered blue silk. Figures of 2 boys running with god of luck, Hotei, holding fan and emblem. Tree forms and branches of blossoms. Padded and lined with red crepe with four tassels.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Tosk, Susan. 1990. Silk, Gold and the World's Most Elegant Return Receipt: An Exhibition and Sale of Fukusa by Orientations Gallery at Place des Antiquaires.. New York. Orientations Gallery. pg. Book 32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 13 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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