Panel for Buddha statue

18th or 19th century

Object PlaceJapan

Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper strips; satin-weave ground with discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts

DimensionsHeight x width: 121 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. (308.6 x 66.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel

Accession number19.715a

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ClassificationsTextiles

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ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.