상도 고려|법화경변|Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Volume 2

Unidentified artist

Date: ca. 1340

Medium: Accordion-fold book; gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper

Dimensions: Image: 9 x 4 1/2 in. (22.9 x 11.4 cm) Overall: 13 x 4 1/2 x 7/8 in. (33 x 11.4 x 2.2 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Culture: Korea

Period: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)

Themes: Bodhisattvas, Buddha

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994

Met highlight

Date range

1330 – 1350

Largest dimension

11.4 cm

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