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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk damask, silk twill-weave with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, hemp plain-weave, ink hand-painted
Dimensions
52 x 53 cm (20 1/2 x 20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number85.48
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) composed of fourteen fragments of silk with various floral motifs and dragon roundels stitched together to form a square; lined with natural plain-weave hemp with inscription in hand-painted ink.
InscriptionsInscription
ProvenanceFrom the Estate of Alfred Greenough; gift of Charles Henry Parker to the MFA on April 9, 1885