Kesa (Buddhist priest's robe)

late 19th to early 20th century
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Kesa (Buddhist priest's robe)
  • Artist: Japanese , late Edo to early Meiji period
  • Date: late 19th to early 20th century
  • Culture: Japanese
  • Medium: Silk, gold leaf on lacquered paper strip, and gold leaf on lacquered paper-strip-wrapped cotton, warp-float-faced 4/1 satin weave with weft-float-faced 1/2 "z" twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts.
  • Dimensions: Height: 117.5 cm.
    Width: 200.4 cm.
  • Classification: Textiles-Ecclesiastical
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1934
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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