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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.958
Title
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)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Myobeop Yeonhwa Gyeong
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
16th-17th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Korea
Period
Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910
Culture
Korean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/209911

Physical Descriptions

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

Provenance

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.958
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • The Arts of Korea, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/11/1992 - 01/31/1993

Verification Level

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