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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 discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions64 x 67 cm (25 3/16 x 26 3/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.245
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921