Length of fabric (karaori) with design of mandarin ducks (oshidori), water hyacinths and swirling water in blue, green, purple, reddish-orange, gold and white silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a reddish-orange twill-weave silk ground.
Provenance
Lent by Hervey E. Wetzel, March 1, 1918; gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA on March 31, 1919
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Japanese, Edo period, 18th century
Object Place
Japan
Dimensions
203.2 x 59.7 cm (80 x 23.5 in.)
Accession Number
19.711
Medium or Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave ground with discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill weave