Altar cloth

Description

Silk Buddhist altar cloth with a repeating woven pattern of peony, chrysanthemums, dragon and phoenix, with green, red, blue, pink, white and brown silk with gold kinran (lacquered and gilded paper) woven through to form the diamond and floral background: Japan, mid-Meiji era, 1884 - 1899

Museum reference

A.1927.170

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Altar cloth

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Date

1884 - 1899

Style / Culture

Meiji period, Japanese
Buddhist

Materials

Silk

Physical description

Pale pink silk with a repeating woven pattern of peony, chrysanthemum, dragon and phoenix