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A JAPANESE SILK BROCADE KESA (PRIEST'S ROBE)
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
THE LARGE RECTANGULAR ROBE WORKED IN GOLD ON A PURPLISH-BLUE GROUND WITH A REGULAR PATTERN OF LARGE, SQUARE MEDALLIONS OF STYLIZED LOTUS, LARGE ROUND DRAGON MEDALLIONS AND SMALLER PHOENIX OR HARE ROUNDELS RESERVED ON A GROUND OF GOLD FRETWORK, LINE IN IVORY FIGURED SILK (STAINED), SOME LOSSES TO METALLIC THREADS, FRAYING AND SOME WEAR-76½IN. X 44¾IN. (194.3CM. X 113.7CM.)
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
THE LARGE RECTANGULAR ROBE WORKED IN GOLD ON A PURPLISH-BLUE GROUND WITH A REGULAR PATTERN OF LARGE, SQUARE MEDALLIONS OF STYLIZED LOTUS, LARGE ROUND DRAGON MEDALLIONS AND SMALLER PHOENIX OR HARE ROUNDELS RESERVED ON A GROUND OF GOLD FRETWORK, LINE IN IVORY FIGURED SILK (STAINED), SOME LOSSES TO METALLIC THREADS, FRAYING AND SOME WEAR-76½IN. X 44¾IN. (194.3CM. X 113.7CM.)