Two Kesa and a Sash

Description:

Two Kesaand a Sash, Japan, 19th/20th century, silk and metallic thread brocade, one woven with phoenixes and a crane on a cream-colored ground, the other with rows of floral roundels on a gold ground, with matching sash, sizes to 80 x 44 in.
Estimate $500-700

gold kesa unstable, backing very brittle, losses and fraying to edges, multiple tears, extensive wear and staining to cream kesa.


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