

Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa lianhua jing), Volume 2
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
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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