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

Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

18th or 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, bast fiber (hemp?), gold metallic thread; plain-weave ground, embroidered (shishû), couched (koma-nui)
Dimensions64 x 66 cm (25 3/16 x 26 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.24.15
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA
Canopy
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
second half of 19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
mid-19th century