Katazome strip
Japan
Hand loomed cotton, indigo
69" long (175 cm) by 13" (33 cm) wide
Late 19th to early 20th century
Ex collection Fifi White, Berkeley, California
#9931

Scaly horned dragons are dispersed among the clouds in this cotton stencil-dyed indigo katazome strip. Katazome refers to the resist dye technique using rice paste and bran squeezed through a stencil (katagami) to produce beautiful repeat patterns.

$600