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Priest's cloak
Shichijo-Kesa
Lost Art-ID
594170
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Japan)
Title
Priest's cloak
Additional title
Shichijo-Kesa
Dating
1700/1800
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Fabric (Nishiki brocade) / woven
Width
110.00 cm
Length
200.00 cm
Description
Upper garment of a priest. Flying cranes, cloud bands and blossoms in silver and multicoloured weaving are drawn on a dark blue silk background.
Provenance
acquired by Ginsberg in Japan in 1908; 1908 -1942 Ostasiatica Collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; in 1942 large parts of the Ginsberg collection were confiscated by the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) in Rotterdam; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Wiedergutmachungsakte im Landesarchiv Berlin: LAB, B Rep. 025-02 Nr. 233/57; undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921
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