Gift Cover

29-96-142

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Fukusa
Object Number 29-96-142
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Date Made 1750 - 1800 CE
Section Asian
Materials Satin | Crepe | Gold
Technique Embroidered
Iconography Crest | Flower | Mon
Description

Oblong gift cover (fukusa); dark blue satin with red crepe edge and lining. Circular design of a family crest (mon) in gold thread in center. It is the Ken Mokko (剣木瓜), a flowering quince family crest. Four tassels. 1750-1800 CE.

Length 75 cm
Width 71 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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