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Medicine Master Buddha and the Twelve Divine Generals

1200s
Hanging scroll painting; ink, color, gold, and silver on silk

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Each of the Divine Generals has an identifying zodiac animal in his hair or headdress.

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