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Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism

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Frontispiece of Achamo pusa jing 阿差末 菩薩經, volume 6, from the Qisha Canon 磧砂藏
Suzhou, China
Yuan dynasty, ca. 1301 (reprint)
xylograph on paper

Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations
Spencer Coll. Chinese ca. 1850+, Item Number: 4053
photograph courtesy of the New York Public Library