About this artwork
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Title
- Sutra Cover
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Origin
- China
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Date
- Made 1590–1599
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Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave self-patterned by ground wefts interlaced in weft float faced 1:5 'Z' twill interlacings
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Dimensions
- 34.5 × 14.2 cm (13 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.) Repeat: 10.3 × 4.3 cm (4 1/8 × 1 3/4 in.)
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Credit Line
- Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and The Walter E. Heller Foundation Endowment
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Reference Number
- 2001.164.19
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