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Section Describing Maitreya's Entreaty, from Chapter 1 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō)
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Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of the Hofer Collection of the Arts of Asia
Title: Section Describing Maitreya's Entreaty, from Chapter 1 of the Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō)
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