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Bag for tea container (shifuku)

Japanese
Meiji period
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk, plain-weave ground with silk embroidery, silk braided cord
Dimensions Overall (Approx for storage): 14 x 9 x 6 cm (5 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.614
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionDrawstring bag for tea container (shifuku) with design of abstract motifs in white silk embroidery on an indigo blue silk ground; gold silk braided cord
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to MFA on April 1, 1915