刺繍種字阿弥陀三尊図|Amida Triad in the Form of Sacred Sanskrit Syllables

Medium

Hanging scroll; silk embroidery, gold-wrapped thread, and human hair

Dimensions

Image: 44 7/8 x 15 1/4 in. (114 x 38.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 65 1/4 x 20 1/2 in. (165.7 x 52.1 cm) Overall with knobs: 65 1/4 x 22 in. (165.7 x 55.9 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Embroidered

Culture & Period

Japan · Kamakura period (1185–1333)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975

Accession Number

1975.268.22

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