Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk twill-weave ground with silk and gold-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, pieced
Dimensions108 x 104.5 cm (42 1/2 x 41 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.229
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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
late 19th century
19th century
1875–1900
early 19th century
18th or 19th century
18th or 19th century
18th or 19th century
18th or 19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
18th or early 19th century