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

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ClassificationsTextiles

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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA

19th century

19th century

late 19th century

19th century

18th century

second half of 19th century

mid-19th century

19th century

19th century

19th century

19th century

late 18th or early 19th century