Hanging Item Number: N2.9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Bronze brocade hanging. On the front the designs are arranged in rows in green, cream and yellow on bronze ground. There are rows of large roundels with animal-like figures (dragons?) with medium plant-like motifs and small endless knot and rhinoceros horn motifs. On the back are dense, multicoloured tree and floral motifs on orange ground.
History Of Use
For temple
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Collected between 1900 and 1905
- Owned by Bernulf Clegg and Edith Clegg
- Owned by E. Beatrix Caple, Mrs. Mark Slater, Gillian Harker, Mrs. Ralph Brown, Diana Regester and Mrs. Noel Lewin before October 1962
- Received from Mrs. Ralph Brown (Donor), Gillian Harker (Donor), Mrs. Mark Slater (Donor), E. Beatrix Caple (Donor), Mrs. Noel Lewin (Donor) and Diana Regester (Donor) during October 1962
What
- Name
- Hanging
- Identification Number
- N2.9
- Type of Item
- hanging
- Material
- silk fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- dyed, woven, sewn, brocaded and embroidered
- Overall
- height 219.5 cm, width 137.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Bernulf Clegg, Edith Clegg, E. Beatrix Caple, Mrs. Mark Slater, Gillian Harker, Mrs. Ralph Brown, Diana Regester and Mrs. Noel Lewin
- Received from
- Mrs. Ralph Brown (Donor), Gillian Harker (Donor), Mrs. Mark Slater (Donor), E. Beatrix Caple (Donor), Mrs. Noel Lewin (Donor) and Diana Regester (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Collection Date
- between 1900 and 1905
- Ownership Date
- before October 1962
- Acquisition Date
- during October 1962
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0085/0072