1985.877: "Universal Gateway," Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing)
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.877
- Title
- "Universal Gateway," Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra (Miaofa Lianhua Jing)
- Other Titles
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Original Language Title: 妙法蓮華經觀世音菩薩普門品
Alternate Title: Saddharma-Pundarika-Sutra (Lotus Sutra), Pumen Chapter - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- handscroll
- Date
- 1681
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/211277
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wood-block printed accordion-fold book mounted as a handscroll; with printed illustrations hand-painted with red pigment in selected areas at a later date; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
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overall (approx.): H. 29.2 × W. 1344.5 cm (11 1/2 × 529 5/16 in.)
printed sutra only (approx.): H. 29.2 × W. 1153 cm (11 1/2 × 453 15/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA, purchased from Tokyo dealer Sorimachi, November 1959; bequest to Harvard Art Museums
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
- 1985.877
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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