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Sutra Cover

A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts, wrapped over cardboard; 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 gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts, wrapped over cardboard; 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 gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts, wrapped over cardboard; applied label of silk, plain weave; with inscribed title painted and/or printed with ink

Dimensions

34.1 × 12.2 cm (13 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 7.8 cm (3 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

2001.164.3

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