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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts (kinran)
Dimensions
188 x 124.5 cm (74 x 49 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.620
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with diagonal pattern of bamboo stems and dragons in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a reddish-orange twill-weave silk ground; lined with plain-weave hemp or linen.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on February 15, 1917