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Head of a tiger
- loan
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Description
Although tigers are not native to Japan, as a symbol of strength and courage, they have been a popular subject of Japanese art for centuries. This small embroidery panel, less sophisticated than some of the other examples in the exhibition, nevertheless makes clever use of layers of stitches to build up the texture of the tiger’s fur. (Exhibition number 33)
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (probable place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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late 19th century - early 20th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Material and technique
- silk, dyed brown, and embroidered with coloured silk; coromandel frame with silk brocade backing
- Dimensions
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frame 29.8 x 20.5 x 5 cm (height x width x depth)
textile 46.5 x 37.3 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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dyed,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
- Accession no.
- LI1956.14
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Further reading
Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 9 November 2012-27 January 2013, Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan, Clare Pollard, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 33 p. 149, illus. p. 149
Past Exhibition
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Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)
Location
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- returned to owner
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