A Karaori Noh costume
Lot 67

A Karaori Noh costume

TAISHO-SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY)

Closed11 September 2012

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USD 6,875

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A Karaori Noh costume
Taisho-Showa period (20th century)
Leaf and scrolling vine patterns on a ground of alternating blocks of white and orange
66 x 59in. (167.6 x 149.9cm.)

Specialist note

The blocks (dangawari) of the ground are formed by ikat dyeing the warp threads and matching the main weft threads with orange. The background bamboo-blind (sudare) pattern is woven in continuous and discontinuous supplementary gold-leafed paper patterning wefts, and a floating pattern of leaves and vines with discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts of polychrome silk forms the top layer; the lining is plain weave orange silk.