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Buddhist hanging
Buddhist hanging

Buddhist hanging

18th or 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave ground with silver supplementary weft patterning (ginran)
Dimensions233 x 86 cm (91 3/4 x 33 7/8 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number10.120
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 21, 1910
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