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Buddhist Priest's Robe (Kesa) with Decoration of Bamboo and Ornamented Fans
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A Buddhist priest's robe known in Japan as a kesa (Sanskrit, kasaya), this rectangular garment is made up of mulitple pieces of the same cloth that together form a patchwork of rectangles and squares framed within a border. The fabric has a rich brown ground patterned with stalks of bamboo created through the use of supplementary wefts of gold and green threads. Images of multicolored arc-shaped folding fans appear scattered over the bamboo-covered surface; designs of flowers and plants were embroidered onto the faces of the fans with multicolored silk threads.
Department of Asian Art
[T.Z. Shiota San Franciso by 1939] sold; to Louis V. Ledoux Collection New York (1939-1948) by descent; to his son L. Pierre Ledoux New York (1948-2001) by inheritance; to his widow Joan F. Ledoux New York (2001-2013) gift; to Harvard Art Museums 2013.
Footnotes:
1. Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948)
2. L. Pierre Ledoux (1912-2001)
3. On long term loan to Harvard Art Museums from 1985 to 2013.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum The Louis V. Ledoux Collection; Gift of Mrs. L. Pierre Ledoux in memory of her husband
Title: Buddhist Priest's Robe (Kesa) with Decoration of Bamboo and Ornamented Fans
Description:
A Buddhist priest's robe known in Japan as a kesa (Sanskrit, kasaya), this rectangular garment is made up of mulitple pieces of the same cloth that together form a patchwork of rectangles and squares framed within a border.
The fabric has a rich brown ground patterned with stalks of bamboo created through the use of supplementary wefts of gold and green threads.
Images of multicolored arc-shaped folding fans appear scattered over the bamboo-covered surface; designs of flowers and plants were embroidered onto the faces of the fans with multicolored silk threads.
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