“The Historical Buddha Preaching,” a section from The Illustrated Sutra of Past and Present Karma (Kako genzai inga kyō emaki)

mid-8th century

Current Collection

New York, United States

Medium: Handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 25.7 × 27.3 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-125862

Provenance

Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest; The Vincent Astor Foundation and Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gifts, 2016

Registry history

mid-8th century — Recorded in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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