Fragment of block printed paper

Fragment of block-printed paper leaf, double, with Hsi-hsia text decorated at top with row of three seated Buddha figures. The most perfect is the central figure, which is seated with legs in Scastikasana pose, hands in Chin-mudra pose. It seems to wear a single close-fitting robe leaving right shoulder and arm bare.

Kind

artefact

Date

1000–1199 CE