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Panel for Buddha statue
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper strips; satin-weave ground with discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
Height x width: 121 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. (308.6 x 66.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.715a
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPanel with design of dragon and swirling cloud in gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a dark greenish-black silk satin ground. There are three carriers along the top and a natural ecru plain-weave hemp lining. This panel belongs to a set of five which originally covered columns surrounding a statue of the Buddha.
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)
Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.
Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.