Buddha of Medicine

Friday, May 29, 2009


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Maybe it's all the renovations or maybe it was my recent trip to the London museums, but the Met doesn't seem to be cutting it these days. Until I saw this. I'd never been to the third floor of the Asian Wing before and I have no excuse. I'll be back again soon because this may be one of the most amazing paintings I've ever seen.
Details from "The Pure Land of Bhaisajyaguru, i.e. the Buddha of Medicine, a painting with a water-based pigment over a foundation of clay mixed with straw, dated to mid Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) of China."

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