Sutra Cover with Eight Buddhist Treasures
Unknown Artist
18th century
Medium
Silk kesi tapestry; dyed polychrome silk yarns and gold-wrapped yarns in weft-faced tabby-weave fabric
Dimensions
Overall: 5 3/4 × 20 5/8 in. (14.6 × 52.4 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Woven
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Barbara and William Karatz Gift, in honor of James C. Y. Watt, 2012
Accession Number
2012.559
Tags
DragonsFishLotusesBuddhismShells