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The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection Back to main page for this exhibition Back to images from this exhibition Section of "The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King," Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra, Late Heian period (ca. 900–1185), mid-12th century Japanese Handscroll mounted as a hanging scroll, ink on paper, with gold-leaf ruled lines, gold-leaf and silver-leaf decoration and painted decoration in margins; 9 3/4 x 16 in. (24.8 x 40.6 cm) Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

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