Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
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
Dimensions88 x 43.5 cm (34 5/8 x 17 1/8 in.)
Credit LineAlfred Greenough Collection
Accession number85.38
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ProvenanceGift of Charles Henry Parker, from the Estate of Alfred Greenough, to the MFA on April 9, 1885
19th century
19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
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