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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.807.5
Title
The Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Miao-fa lien-hua ching
Classification
Prints
Work Type
handscroll
Date
c. 1130 - 1190
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Song dynasty, Southern Song period, 1127-1279
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/94670

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Fifth from a set of eight scrolls; woodblock-printed, accordion-fold book mounted as a handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
A 10-038x (Suzuki Kei)

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
1985.807.5
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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