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Mahaprajapati with the infant Buddha

1551
Medium/TechniqueInk and color on fresco
Dimensions276.8 x 345 cm (109 x 135 13/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number36.139
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceFrom Huayan Si temple, Yizheng, Shanxi Province, China. 1936, exchanged with Yamanaka and Co., New York, by the MFA. (Accession Date: February 6, 1936)
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