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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Japanese
Edo period
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
62 x 31.5 cm (24 7/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number85.41
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTriangular-shaped Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of dragon roundels, paulownia roundels, Seven Treasures motif (shippô) over a diamond-lattice pattern in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on reddish-orange twill-weave silk ground; lined with plain-weave glazed cotton.
ProvenanceGift of Charles Henry Parker, from the Estate of Alfred Greenough, to the MFA on April 9, 1885