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Title
佛陀聖人十九圖
Transcribed title
Fotuo shengren shijiu tu
Note
18 Louhans painted on bo-leaves
Resource type
text
Medium
Leaves and paper
Extent
22 fols.
Size
27,5 x18,2 x 3,5 cm
Languages
Chinese
Script
Black ink
Script (detailed)
On yellowish dried bo-leaves
Place of origin
[Guangdong]
Country of origin
cn
Date created
1700/1799
Topic
Buddhist Luohans (Arhat)
Shelf mark
OA 102-1975-829/Mus
Collection
The Oriental Collection
Comment
Eighteen Luohans and Buddha with Weituo painted on bo-leaves (Sinhala bo) collected in a folded (liporello) book with wooden board (zitan woood).
Opposite each painted leaf is an empty leaf, which indicate the back-side of the painted leaf on the previous page.
The Bo-tree is sacred to the Buddhist.
All the leaves are placed in af blue setting framed by a light blue brocade.
Copyright
Det Kongelige Bibliotek
Is part of
Home/Orientalsk Samling: Håndskrifter/Kinesisk/OA 102-1975-829