Altar Cloth

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black fabric with a repeating pattern of white and light gray dragons and clouds. The dragons are five-clawed and have a scaly texture, with their bodies curved and twisted in various poses. They have long tails. The clouds are puffy and wispy. The fabric is folded horizontally in the middle and vertically on the left and right sides. The background behind the fabric is solid white. The title of the image is "Altar Cloth".