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Image Not Available for Two lines from the Lotus Sutra
Two lines from the Lotus Sutra
Image Not Available for Two lines from the Lotus Sutra

Two lines from the Lotus Sutra

12th century
Medium/TechniqueHanging scroll; gold on indigo paper
DimensionsImage: 29.2 x 6.8 cm (11 1/2 x 2 11/16 in.)
Overall: 27.8 cm (10 15/16 in.) -width including jiku
Credit LineGift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Accession number2014.1629
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ClassificationsCalligraphy
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ProvenanceSylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA; 2014, gift of Sylvan Barnet and the estate of William Burto to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)
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