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Edo p. Buddhist Art Scroll, Diamond World Mandala browse these categories for related items... All Items: Japanese: Paintings: Scrolls: Pre 1900: item #970023 Please refer to our stock #ALR2765 when inquiring.
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| An Edo period mandala representing the Diamond World (Kongokai) painted with heavy pigment and applied gold on wood-block stamped paper. According to Grotenhuis, The Diamond World represents reality in the Buddha Realm, the world of the unconditioned, the real, the universal and the absolute. Mandala are used as symbols of the Buddhist Worlds and objects for meditation in Escoteric Buddhism. The image is framed with Kinran silk woven with gold thread in a green silk field with brass rollers. The scroll measures 19 x 38 inches (48 x 97 cm) and is in overall fine condition but for some minor creasing, and 1 hole in the upper left of the image which will be repaired from behind. For an indepth discussion of Japanese Mandala see the book Japanese Mandalas by Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis. | ||||||||||||||
