Sutra Cover
1590–1599
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper, plain weave with patterning wefts; wrapped over cardboard and backed with paper; applied label of silk, plain weave; with inscribed title painted and/or printed with ink
- Dimensions
- 33 × 11.8 cm (13 × 4 5/8 in.); Repeat: 23.7 × 10.8 cm (9 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian