Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

18th or 19th century

Object PlaceJapan

Medium/TechniqueSilk twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts (kinran)

Dimensions188 x 124.5 cm (74 x 49 in.)

Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession number17.620

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ClassificationsTextiles

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ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on February 15, 1917

19th century

first half 19th century

19th century

19th century

17th century

19th century

1984

19th century

19th century

18th or 19th century

19th century

19th century