DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Futon bedcover with Shishi (lion-dog) motif

NameBed Cover, Futon

Artist Artist unrecorded

DateLate 19th - Early 20th century

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

MediumSilk

Dimensions60 × 48 in. (152.4003 × 121.9202 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.484

Object numberA.1995.93.484

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionFour woven panels with central image of a fu dog approaching a stream which runs by his feet. He is surrounded by large red and blue peonies; colors are brown, red-orange, blues, green, grays, tan, yellow, white; made of resist dyed silk.

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