A JAPANESE SILK BROCADE KESA (PRIEST'S ROBE)

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A JAPANESE SILK BROCADE KESA (PRIEST'S ROBE)
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

The rectangular robe woven in blue, purple, green and cream on a pale orange ground (one side less faded) with large peony sprays, Buddhist emblems and clouds reserved on gold fretwork, the square corner patches of darker orange silk woven in gold with lotus sprays, lined with beige silk-80½in. x 45in. (204.5cm. x 114.3cm.)