Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)Discover exquisite embroideries, dyed silk and velvet panels, tapestries, and appliqué works
- Reference URL
Actions
Part of...
Okimono, or ornament, in the form of bamboo leaves and a cicada
-
Details
- Associated place
-
Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (place of creation)
- Date
-
early 20th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Artist/maker
-
Takase Kōzan (1869 - 1934)
- Material and technique
- iron, probably cast, and inlaid with silver and gold
- Dimensions
- 9 x 34 x 21.5 cm approx. (height x width x depth)
- Material index
-
processed material › metal › iron,
- Technique index
-
covered › metallized › gilded
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased with the assistance of the Story Fund, 2010.
- Accession no.
- EA2010.264
Glossary
okimono
-
okimono
Japanese for 'ornament' or 'ornament for display'. It is often a free-standing figure.
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)
Location
-
- currently in research collection
Objects are sometimes moved to a different location. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis. Contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular object on display, or would like to arrange an appointment to see an object in our reserve collections.
Publications online
Notice
Objects from past exhibitions may have now returned to our stores or a lender. Click into an individual object record to confirm whether or not an object is currently on display. Our object location data is usually updated on a monthly basis, so please contact the Jameel Study Centre if you are planning to visit the museum to see a particular Eastern Art object.
© 2013 University of Oxford - Ashmolean Museum