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Portable Shrine with Illustration of the Lotus Sutra
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Portable Shrine with Illustration of the Lotus Sutra
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Portable Shrine with Illustration of the Lotus Sutra
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Portable Shrine with Illustration of the Lotus Sutra
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Portable Shrine with Illustration of the Lotus Sutra
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Portable Shrine with Illustration of the Lotus Sutra
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Portable Shrine with Illustration of the Lotus Sutra
CHINA; Song dynasty (960–1279); Wood; H: 19 cm; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
This portable wooden shrine consists of a central panel and foldable side panels. It measures 19 cm high and 21.1 cm wide when opened.
The central panel is carved in high relief and illustrates the Buddha teaching the Dharma and the emergence of a seven-story pagoda rising up to the sky, as mentioned in the Chapter on the Emergence of the Prabhutaratna Pagoda" in the Lotus Sutra. The panel has three tiers |
