PrintsKorean16th-17th century

Buddhist Sutra: Myobŏp Yŏnhwa Kyŏng (Chinese, Miaofa Lianhua Jing; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika Sutra; English, Lotus Sutra), One Page from Chapter 23 on the Medicine King (Yak'wang; Chinese, Yaowang)

16th-17th century

Classification

Prints

Medium

Page from a book mounted as an album leaf; characters brush-written in gold ink over characters printed in black ink (probably with bronze moveable type) on indigo-blue paper, the top and bottom borders printed in black ink

Culture

Korean

Period

Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910

Century

16th-17th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 30.3 x W. 12.1 cm (11 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA (by 1985), bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

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