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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions
67 x 68 cm (26 3/8 x 26 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.3913
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionBuddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with linked hexagons and squares (shokkô pattern variation) composed of chrysanthemums which contain floral motifs surrounding Buddhist gongs (chuan) and dragon arabesques in light/dark green, light/dark blue and white silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a reddish-orange twill-weave silk ground with an overall interlocking swastika pattern (manji tsunagi) in green silk; unlined.
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.