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Fig 7.
Yongle manuscript illustration, from a collection of Buddhist sutra signed Zheng He
Vajrasattva
Gold on blue paper from an album of thirty-nine leaves
China
Dated the third lunar month of the twelfth year of the Yongle reign (1403-1424)
Signed Zheng He
Photograph courtesy of Sotheby's.