1985.958: Buddhist Sutra: Myobŏp Yŏnhwa Kyŏng (Chinese, Miaofa Lianhua Jing; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika Sutra; English, Lotus Sutra), One Page from Chapter 23 on the Medicine King (Yak'wang; Chinese, Yaowang)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1985.958

Title

Buddhist Sutra: Myobŏp Yŏnhwa Kyŏng (Chinese, Miaofa Lianhua Jing; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika Sutra; English, Lotus Sutra), One Page from Chapter 23 on the Medicine King (Yak'wang; Chinese, Yaowang)

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Myobeop Yeonhwa Gyeong

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

16th-17th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Korea

Period

Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910

Culture

Korean

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/209911

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Page from a book mounted as an album leaf; characters brush-written in gold ink over characters printed in black ink (probably with bronze moveable type) on indigo-blue paper, the top and bottom borders printed in black ink

Dimensions

H. 30.3 x W. 12.1 cm (11 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA (by 1985), bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia

Accession Year

1985

Object Number

1985.958

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• The Arts of Korea, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 07/11/1992 - 01/31/1993

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