Textile sample - silver-white crane with yellow legs against a dark blue background

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 5785
Type: textile; object for daily use; textile arts
Date of production:
19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by Vince Wartha
Materials/Techniques: silk, woven
Dimensions: height: 26 cm
width: 10.7 cm
Unsigned. Rectangular (vertical) design, silver-white feathered crane on a dark blue ground, bending forward, head back. Beak and legs are gold, the crown of the head is coral. Under its feet are golden pebbles.