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The Buddha addressing Yamaraja at Kusinagara 釋迦牟尼佛會圖

12th-13th century

Medium
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
H x W (image): 28 x 52.4 cm (11 x 20 5/8 in)
Culture
Buddhists
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art
Credit line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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About this work

To learn more about this and similar objects, visit https://asia.si.edu/research/publications-old/other-publications/songyuan/ Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.