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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
late Edo or early Meiji era
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave; pieced
Dimensions
Height x width: 90 15/16 x 93 11/16 in. (231 x 238 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.235
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of alternating rows of dragon and floral motifs surrounded by stylized clouds in blue, pink, reddish-orange and white silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a silk ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in 1921