Find the chisel marks in a sacred figure.
Carved from a single magnolia block, this Japanese figure preserves conspicuous chisel marks. It is said to portray Hyeja, the Korean monk who taught the influential Buddhist patron Prince Shotoku.
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
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Creator: Japan
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