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Scroll mount (hyôsô)

18th or 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin-weave ground with silk embroidery (shishû), gold paper-wrapped thread couching (koma-nui) and stencil resist-dyeing (kata kanoko), wood dowel
Dimensions134.5 x 39 cm (52 15/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.652
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on February 15, 1917
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