Uchishiki (altar cloth)
織物
日本
Subject/design:
Large shokkô design of confronted dragons and phoenixes with stylised flowers and various diaper patterns, on a dark blue ground covered in gold.
Materials:
Silk with gold thread
Technique:
Kinji-nishiki, lampas
Date:
End Edo or early Meiji (1868-1912)
Size:
65 x 65 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Inventory number:
CB.TJ.1927.17
Copyright:
Baur Fondation
Photographer:
Marian Gérard