Gift cover (fukusa) with design of a rooster on top of a drum (kanko-dori), a hen and two chicks, chrysanthemums and clouds in blue, green, yellow, reddish-orange, black, brown, gold and white silk embroidery and gold metallic thread couching; reddish-orange silk crepe (chirimen) backing and...
Provenance
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Japanese, Meiji era, late 19th or early 20th century
Object Place
Japan
Dimensions
Height x width: 29 7/8 x 27 5/8 in. (75.9 x 70.2 cm)
Accession Number
21.212
Medium or Technique
Silk; gold metallic thread; embroidered (shishû), couched (koma-nui)