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Art Institute of Chicago

Sutra Cover

Unrecorded artist

Ming dynasty (1368–1644), c. 1590's

Attribution
China
Medium
Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 satin interlacings
Physical dimensions
36.8 × 12.1 cm (14 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Credit line
Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and The Walter E. Heller Foundation Endowment
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