Sutra Cover
1590–1599
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, plain weave with brocading wefts; wrapped over cardboard and backed with paper; sutra, accordion-mounted
- Dimensions
- 33 × 23.7 cm (13 × 9 3/8 in.); Repeat: 11.1 × 11.1 cm (4 3/8 × 4 3/8 in.); Page opened: 33 × 23.9 cm (13 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
silk (fiber)mingEast AsianChinese (culture or style)Textilepaper (fiber product)weavingasian