Guanyin’s Universal Gate; Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra
1432-1649
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Guanyin’s Universal Gate; Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra
1432-1649
Physical Qualities
Accordion-fold book: ink on paper (with later partial addition of red pigment); makie, closed: 11 7/16 × 4 5/16 × 13/16 in. (29 × 11 × 2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Anthony and Esther Marsiglia, Baltimore
Object Number
2020.49
Accordion-style book combining pages of text and images including Amitabha Buddha teaching to a vast assembly composed of arhats, demons, guardians, human dignitaries, and bodhisattvas; multiple personifications of Guanyin; a multi-storied pagoda.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2020; Esther Marsiglia, Baltimore; from her husband, Anthony Marsiglia
