Altar cloth, uchishiki
Textiles
Japan
Subject/design:
Large-scale kikkô pattern of interlocking hexagonal medallions filled with various diaper motifs and enclosing stylised flowers, on a greenish-blue ground
Materials:
Silk with gold thread
Technique:
Nishiki, lampas (silk fabric featuring raised patterns, sometimes enriched with gold and silver threads)
Date:
Late Edo period or early Meiji (1868-1912)
Size:
65 x 65.5 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Inventory number:
CB.TJ.1927.85
Copyright:
Fondation Baur
Photographer:
Marian Gérard