Volume 55 from the Garland Sutra, 1457, 13/16 x 4 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. ( x x cm), Ink on white paper with hand painted color illustrations on silk, China, 15th century, This volume is from a luxuriously decorated set of the Garland Sutra, a Buddhist text. The five-fold frontispiece features the Buddha seated on a throne encircled by a red halo and decorated with exquisite gold scrolling. The surrounding figures include arhats (enlightened disciples of Buddha and protectors of the Buddhist law), bodhisattvas (beings who delay enlightenment to help suffering beings on earth)

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