The ground material is a plain woven, dark brown silk; the embroidery is worked with silk threads using split stitch. The threads are in blue, green, brown, and yellow. The outlines were originally made with couched gold threads, but most of these have disappeared. A black substrate underneath the gilded threads may indicate an animal substance used for backing.
The Buddha is holding an alms bowl in his right hand, and with his left he is gathering up his gown.
British Museum online catalogue (retrieved 21 August 2016).
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