Artwork preview

Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa lianhua jing), Volume 2

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black background with gold illustrations. A central rectangular gold illustration contains 2 sections. The left depicts a landscape with a figure on a donkey and another on a horse. The right depicts people and 7 heads. A gold border surrounds the central image. A thin vertical black rectangle on the right edge contains gold text. A wider black rectangle on the left edge contains white text. A gold ornate border on the right edge.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1340
Medium:
Accordion-fold book; gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper
Culture:
Korea
Dimensions:
599 × 328 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette