Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk twill-weave ground with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave (karaori)
Dimensions68.9 x 73.0 cm (27 1/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.224
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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
19th century
early 20th century
19th century
19th century
1984
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