Peach silk background with green, white and gold dragons and flowers. There are two separate floral motifs composed of large blue, white and gold flowers along with brown, white and gold flowers. There is a metallic gold thread woven into the designs. There is a gold silk rope drawstring. The interior is lined with green silk.
Provenance:
?-1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), method of acquisition unknown [1]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
Notes:
[1] This bag once held a ceramic owned by Charles Lang Freer but was separated from that ceramic at an unknown time for an unknown reason, most likely after Freer's collection was brought to Washington, DC (see note 2).
[2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920, upon the completion of the Freer Gallery of Art.
