Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
early 19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin-weave ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions134.0 x 134.6 cm (52 3/4 x 53 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number02.475
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Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
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ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on October 6, 1902
19th century
1984
19th century
19th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
late 19th century
19th century
first half of 19th century