Buddhist Sutra Opening Drawing

CultureJapanese
Titles
  • Buddhist Sutra Opening Drawing
MediumFragment mounted as a hanging scroll; gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper
DimensionsImage: 9 3/4 × 15 15/16 in. (24.8 × 40.5 cm)
Scroll: 46 3/4 × 22 1/8 × 1 in. (118.7 × 56.2 × 2.5 cm)
Storage box: 23 × 3 × 2 3/4 in. (58.4 × 7.6 × 7 cm)
Credit LineThe Gitter-Yelen Collection, gift of the Gitter-Yelen Foundation
Object number2021.262
Non exposé

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