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

Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)

late 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gold metallic thread; twill-weave ground, embroidered (shishû), couched (koma-nui)
DimensionsHeight x width: 35 1/2 x 50 in. (90.2 x 127 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession numberRES.24.17
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
InscriptionsInscriptionProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in 1924
Gift cover (fukusa)
second half of 19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
mid-19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
late 18th or early 19th century
Gift cover (fukusa)
late 19th or early 20th century