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Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

18th or 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk twill-weave ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, pieced
DimensionsHeight x width: 53 15/16 x 50 in. (137 x 127 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.228
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsInscriptionProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921