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Sutra Cover

A work made of silk and cotton, broken twill weave with patterning wefts; wrapped over cardboard and backed with paper; applied label of silk, plain weave; with inscribed title painted and/or printed with ink.
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  • A work made of silk and cotton, broken twill weave with patterning wefts; wrapped over cardboard and backed with paper; applied label of silk, plain weave; with inscribed title painted and/or printed with ink.

Date:

Ming dynasty (1368–1644), c. 1590s

Artist:

China

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Sutra Cover

Place

China (Object made in)

Date

Made 1590–1599

Medium

Silk and cotton, broken twill weave with patterning wefts; wrapped over cardboard and backed with paper; applied label of silk, plain weave; with inscribed title painted and/or printed with ink

Dimensions

34.1 × 12.2 cm (13 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 8.8 cm (3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and The Walter E. Heller Foundation Endowment

Reference Number

2001.164.2

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