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Yeongsan (Vulture Peak) Assembly A large-scale Yeongsan Assembly painting such as this would typically
Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 17th/18th century have served as a backdrop to the arrays of Buddhist sculptural figures that
A painting in ink, colors, gold, and silver on silk covered with a layer of dominated a Korean temple’s Yeongsan Hall and would also have been an
vermilion pigment depicting Seokgamoni (the historical Buddha) preaching object of prayer and veneration in its own right. For a similar early example
the Lotus Sutra to the Assembly on Yeongsan (Vulture Peak), surrounded of this style of Yeongsan painting, executed on a red background, compare
by a hierarchical entourage of enlightened beings including bodhisattvas, Treasure No. 1522 (designated July 13, 2007) in Dong-A University
disciples, guardian kings, and Buddhas of the past and future, Seokgamoni Museum, Seo-gu, Busan, dated 1565 (accessible on the Cultural Heritage
shown seated on a lotus throne, his right hand in the Hangma-chokji in Commission website, http://english.cha.go.kr).
(earth-touching mudra), rays of light emanating from his head, inscribed with
a list of donors and the temple of origin, now effaced
84 x 80in (213.3 x 203.2cm)

$7,000 - 9,000

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