Twenty-seventh Chapter of the Lotus Sutra titled “King Wonderfully Adorned” Artist: Unknown

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12th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Hand scroll, gold and silver ink on decorated paper, crystal rollers

Dimensions

with mounting: 10 1/4 × 86 in. (26 × 218.4 cm)
with rollers: 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)

Credit Line

Collection of H. Christopher Luce, B.A. 1972

Accession Number

2023.122.4

Culture

Japanese

Period

Heian period (794 – 1185)

Classification

Calligraphy

Disclaimer

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Provenance
With Mika Gallery, Tokyo and New York, by 2017; sold to H. Christopher “Kit” Luce, New York, March 22, 2017; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2023
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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