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Gold and silver illustration on dark blue paper showing a Buddha with bodhisattvas and attendants, with architecture and figures in the left landscape, beside a framed title panel.

Illustrated manuscript of the Lotus Sutra, Volume 2

A gold-and-silver painted frontispiece on indigo paper shows a seated Buddha surrounded by bodhisattvas and attendants, with a gathering of figures and pavilions in the left landscape. Fine linear detail and a restrained, dark field give the scene a luminous, devotional quality.

Artist
Unidentified artist
Date
ca. 1340
Medium
Accordion-fold book; gold and silver on indigo-dyed mulberry paper
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
1870 × 1024 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1350).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994

Español: Sutra del Loto, Volumen 2: manuscrito ilustrado plegable

Una lámina pintada en oro y plata sobre papel índigo muestra a un Buda sentado rodeado de bodhisattvas y asistentes, con un grupo de figuras y pabellones en el paisaje de la izquierda. El detalle lineal fino y el fondo oscuro dan a la escena un carácter luminoso y devocional.

Português: Sutra do Lótus, Volume 2: manuscrito ilustrado sanfonado

Uma página pintada em ouro e prata sobre papel índigo mostra um Buda sentado cercado por bodhisattvas e acompanhantes, com um grupo de figuras e pavilhões na paisagem à esquerda. O detalhe linear fino e o fundo escuro dão à cena um caráter luminoso e devocional.