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Altar Cloth

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black cloth with a dense repeating pattern of large and small white flowers. The large flowers have many thin petals. Thin black lines make up the flowers. The cloth fills most of the image. The title is "Altar Cloth" and the artist is unknown.

Artwork details

Date:
17th–18th century
Medium:
Silk, metallic thread
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 606 px
Museum record:
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