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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
Edo period
late 18th or early 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions
125 x 124 cm (49 3/16 x 48 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.639
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of large floral motifs between stylized serpentine vines (tatewaku pattern) in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a reddish-orange twill-weave silk ground; lined with natural plain-weave hemp or linen with inscription hand-painted in ink.
InscriptionsInscription
ProvenanceLent by Denman W. Ross, October 27, 1913. Denman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on February 15, 1917