What appears at first to be a small, attractively bound book folds out accordion-fashion to become a one-of-a-kind art reproduction: a striking, 36-foot-long Qing dynasty scroll. A replica of a work originally created in eighteenth-century China, the scroll includes more than 600 portraits large and small--buddhas, bodhisattvas, arhats, devas, and historical figures; as well as over 2,000 images of other kinds--animals, flowers, Buddhist symbols, buildings, and landscapes. The scroll demonstrates, too, the rich plurality of ...
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What appears at first to be a small, attractively bound book folds out accordion-fashion to become a one-of-a-kind art reproduction: a striking, 36-foot-long Qing dynasty scroll. A replica of a work originally created in eighteenth-century China, the scroll includes more than 600 portraits large and small--buddhas, bodhisattvas, arhats, devas, and historical figures; as well as over 2,000 images of other kinds--animals, flowers, Buddhist symbols, buildings, and landscapes. The scroll demonstrates, too, the rich plurality of Buddhist sects that existed in China at that time, including images and symbols from the Zen, Hua-yen, Tiantai, Pure Land, and Tantric schools. The scroll is introduced by Thomas Cleary, the renowned translator and authority on Buddhist texts.
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Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1570625131. 36 foot long page, which folds neatly into the covers of this book. The Buddhist icons depicted in the Buddha Scroll represent the whole range of Buddhism-Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana. Included are protective spirits, buddhas, and bodhisattvas, arhats, scriptural scenarios, Tantric deities, Zen ancestors, and Hindu gods. Full number line.; 2 pages.
