Wall Hanging

29-96-562

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-96-562
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese | Buddhist
Provenience Japan
Date Made Before 1904
Section Asian
Materials Silk
Technique Embroidered | Woven
Iconography Cranes
Description

Silk with embroidered framing border. Design of flying cranes in white and black, woven into the pale blue. The cranes have touches of orange or tan on beaks and gold threads on eyes with open work stiches on wings. Flower border. Lined with brown linen.

Length 117 cm
Width 74 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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