Two Brocade Buddhist Monk's Robes, Kesa

Description:

Two Brocade Buddhist Monk's Robes, Kesa, Japan, 19th/20th century, one with painted flower details on a blue ground with contrasting red silk patches; the other woven with floral and geometric vignettes on a navy silk ground with contrasting russet patches, 42 x 75 1/2 and 44 1/2 x 71 in. respectively.
The Jim Dixon Collection, to benefit the Krishnamurti Foundation of America
Estimate $400-600

Wear to both, particularly to navy kesa at fold lines across center and blue kesa at horizontal fold line and edges.


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