Sutra Cover
1590–1599
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, gauze weave with supplementary patterning wefts; label: silk, plain weave; painted with ink, glued over paper
- Dimensions
- 12.2 × 35 cm (4 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.); Weft repeat: H.: 1.9 cm (4 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian