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Buddhist altar cover (uchishiki)
Buddhist altar cover (uchishiki)

Buddhist altar cover (uchishiki)

first half 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk twill-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave (kinran)
Dimensions180.3 x 179.7 cm (71 x 70 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.230
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921