Posted on: 11 November 2012

Painting of the Tejaprabha Buddha (Chisong Gwangbul) together with the North Pole star (Pukkuk song), surrounded by figures representing the navagraha (nine planets), twenty-eight constellations and the twelve western signs of the zodiac; mineral colours on coarse silk. Red rectangular panel on centre bottom containing inscription and date.
Choson Dynasty
Korea - 1850
© Trustees of the British Museum


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