Uchishiki (altar cloth)
Textiles
Japan
Subject/design:
Alternating rows of winged dragons, coral branches, and flaming jewels, set on a ground of stylized green and blue waves and a cypress-fence lattice.
Materials:
Silk with gold thread
Technique:
Nishiki, lampas
Date:
1843
Size:
70 x 67.5 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Comments:
Inscription in ink on the lining: 天保十四年卯九月 町内西川與左工門 寄進
“14th year of the Tenpô era [1843], year of the rabbit, in the 9th month, donated by Nishikawa Yozaemon”
Inventory number:
CB.TJ.1927.40
Copyright:
Baur Fondation
Photographer:
Marian Gérard