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Perfect Enlightenment Sutra Illumination


원각경변상도, 圓覺經變相圖
Korean
Goryeo dynasty
14th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Ink and colors on silk
Dimensions 165.5 x 85.5 cm (65 3/16 x 33 11/16 in.)
Overall: 240 x 107 x 5.1 cm (94 1/2 x 42 1/8 x 2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.6142
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsPaintings

Catalogue Raisonné MFA Highlights: Arts of Korea (2012), pp. 48-9
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.