Uchishiki (Altar Cloth), Edo period (1615–1868), 1801/25, Japan, Square piece of kinran, plain compound silk of orange-brown ground with pattern woven in gilded paper strips finely cut, representing chrysanthemum and peony scrolls, lined with white linen, x cm (26 1/4 x 26 3/8 in

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Uchishiki (Altar Cloth), Edo period (1615–1868), 1801/25, Japan, Square piece of kinran, plain compound silk of orange-brown ground with pattern woven in gilded paper strips finely cut, representing chrysanthemum and peony scrolls, lined with white linen, x cm (26 1/4 x 26 3/8 in.)

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