Sujet
Sutra Container, 1100s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Sutra Container, 1100s. This is a portable container once used to preserve a miniature Buddhist sacred text. Created by hammering the reverse, high-relief designs on both the front and back of the case depict a peaceful pond where young boys are holding giant lotus flowers in their hands, and a pair of mandarin ducks are swimming. Probably the playful boys represent newly reborn souls in the Pure Land, as described in the Lotus Sutra, a widely popular Buddhist scripture during the Goryeo dynasty (936-1392).
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G08_392
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
36,2Mo (3,0Mo) / 28,6cm x 31,6cm / 3382 x 3737 (300dpi)