Japanese Antique Temple Textile with Gold Dragons
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1900: Item # 1452010
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Textiles: Pre 1900: Item # 1452010
Zentner Collection
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5757 Horton Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
510.653.5181
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5757 Horton Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
510.653.5181
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$2,500.00
Large antique Japanese Buddhist temple textile made of green silk and woven with gold gilt-paper weft (ginran or kinren) in a design of dragon medallions floating amongst billowing clouds. Dragons have long been used in Buddhist art symbolizing the endless cycle of transformation. This textile piece consists of two long woven panels sewn together and backed with white cotton fabric. Has inscription on back.
Age: Edo Period dated 1836
Dimensions: 59" x 91"
Age: Edo Period dated 1836
Dimensions: 59" x 91"
