Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 17. (Budapest, 1998)

Ildikó NAGY: The „Blazing Light " Buddha and his Heavenly Entourage in a Korean Painting at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts

among whom, on the two sides of the principal figure, are four more celestial officials. Of the last-mentioned, the Star-God of Long Life is unmistakably recognizable from his long, bald head with a lump, known from Daoist depictions. 15 Kim, Won-yong: Op. cit., p. 209 16 This reached the collection in 1953, tlirough purchase. Inv. No.: H 53.222.1. 7 A photograph of this piece was published in 1970, with the title "Three Buddhas with the Kings of the Underworld". The work was dated 16

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th century (A Hopp Ferenc Kelet-Ázsiai Művészeti Múzeum Emlékkönyve. 1919-1969 [Volume to Commemorate the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, 1919-1969]. Budapest, 1970, p. 62, 111. 93, p. 63). On the basis of the specialist literature published since then - principally in the Korean language identification of the figures in the painting has become possible.