Sutra Cover

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Sutra Cover by unknown artist shows a rectangular piece of fabric with a repeating floral pattern. The fabric is black with a light-colored floral design. The design features flowers with rounded petals and curled stems and leaves. The flowers appear to have five or more rounded petals and a circle and dot pattern in their centers. The stems and leaves are curled into scroll-like shapes. The fabric fills the rectangular shape horizontally and has a slight curl at the top and bottom edges. The background behind the fabric is plain and light-colored.