Thanka (Religious Picture)

Manchu China

Year

1743-1744

Medium

Silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details in colors, black, and with gold leaf; outer scroll top: silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by ground weft floats; scroll wrapper: silk, warp-float faced 5:1 satin weave with 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts and self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats; rayon and cotton ties; scroll wrapper lined with silk, warp-float faced 2:1 'S' twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave

Dimensions

371.1 × 126.2 cm (146 × 49 3/4 in.) Wrapper: 128.4 × 42.1 cm (50 1/2 × 16 1/2 in.) Cover repeat: 56.4 × 12 cm (22 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.) Lining repeat (width): 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago