Object Details
Description
Light blue silk background with numerous motifs throughout: flower and branch with leaves, small blossoms, and green and white butterflies and flowers along with silver and white flowers. There is a gold silk rope drawstring. The interior is lined with white silk.
Provenance
?-1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), method of acquisition unknown [1]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
Notes:
[1] This bag once held a ceramic owned by Charles Lang Freer but was separated from that ceramic at an unknown time for an unknown reason, most likely after Freer's collection was brought to Washington, DC (see note 2).
[2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920, upon the completion of the Freer Gallery of Art.
Research Completed on March 23, 2022
Collection
Freer Study Collection
Previous custodian or owner
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection, Smithsonian Institution
Date
19th century
Period
Edo period or Meiji era
Accession Number
FSC-T-14
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Costume and Textile
Medium
Silk with gold and silver threads
Dimensions
H x W (flat): 25.5 x 30 cm (10 1/16 x 11 13/16 in)
Origin
Japan
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
silk (fiber)
flower
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
butterfly
tea
Japan
Japanese Art
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_FSC-T-14