Two silk brocade Buddhist priest's robes, kesa18th century
Each constructed from smaller sections of silk brocade, the first of orange brown color woven with dragon roundels and flowering scrolls in metallic thread, the four corners and the upper edge applied with six lighter color patches; the second constructed with twenty-one light blue silk patches woven with cranes and blooming prunus branches framed by dark blue bands decorated with flowers and birds, with four small squares inset at the corners; silk backings.
43 1/2 x 78 1/2in (110.5 x 199.3cm) and 41 1/4 x 68 1/2in (104.7 x 174cm) (2).