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Buddhist Vestment (Kesa) with Figural Squares
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Body of the kesa: silk lampas; Squares: silk twill with supplementary weft patterning in metallic thread, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Joseph Pulitzer Bequest 1919
Title: Buddhist Vestment (Kesa) with Figural Squares
Description:
Body of the kesa: silk lampas; Squares: silk twill with supplementary weft patterning in metallic thread, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.
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