Altar Cloth

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a rectangular cloth with a central section and a border. The central section is light gray with a repeating pattern of 35 images. The images are arranged in seven rows, with five images in the first, second, third, and fourth rows, and four images in the fifth, sixth, and seventh rows. The images depict a figure sitting cross-legged on a platform. Some of the platforms have a single object on top; others have two or three objects. At the top of the central section, there are three larger images of the same figure sitting cross-legged on a platform with objects on top. The border around the central section is darker gray. The background behind the cloth is light grey.