The Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara, drawn in gold on indigo paper. Against a round halo of moonlight, the bodhisattva sits at ease upon a rock amid flowing clouds, in supple gold line. The image — like the moon reflected on water, present yet not to be grasped — is transcribed with the disciplined hand of a sutra copyist.
* Descriptions are provisional drafts, to be finalized after the printed catalogue.
