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Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra (Daboreboluomiduo jing 大般若波羅蜜多經; Skt. Mahāprajñāparamitā-sūtra), chapter 329,
8th–early 9th century

Anonymous

Chinese

Tang dynasty, 618–907 CE

1998-109

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Title

Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra (Daboreboluomiduo jing 大般若波羅蜜多經; Skt. Mahāprajñāparamitā-sūtra), chapter 329

Dates

8th–early 9th century

Maker

Anonymous

Medium

Handscroll; ink on sutra paper

Dimensions

Colophon: 16 x 3 cm. (6 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.) Painting (Frontispiece): 25.7 x 21.7 cm. (10 1/8 x 8 9/16 in.) overall height 25.8 w. with knobs 29.5 Calligraphy: 20.3 x 662.7 cm. (8 x 260 7/8 in.) Mount: h. 25.8 cm. (10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951

Object Number

1998-109

Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures

signed by donor "Li Yi Haiyan kan" 李義海晏勘 (collated by Li Yi of Haiyan) dated 1st year of the Shangyuan 上元 reign (674), 4th moon

Inscription

dated 674

Culture

Chinese

Period

Tang

Type

calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing), paintings, scroll paintings, handscrolls

Materials

ink, paper (fiber product)

Subject

Buddhism, religious texts

–1998 John B. Elliott (Princeton, NJ), by bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1998.

Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra (Daboreboluomiduo jing), chapter 329

"The checklist of the John B. Elliott Bequest," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 61 (2002): p. 49-99., p. 84

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Citation

Chinese, Tang dynasty (618–907 CE), Anonymous, Perfection of Great Wisdom Sutra (Daboreboluomiduo jing 大般若波羅蜜多經; Skt. Mahāprajñāparamitā-sūtra), chapter 329, 8th–early 9th century. Handscroll; ink on sutra paper; 16 x 3 cm (Colophon), 25.7 x 21.7 cm (Painting, Frontispiece), 20.3 x 662.7 cm (Calligraphy), 25.8 cm (mount). Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951 (1998-109) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/36494?field_tms_obj_subjects_target_id=1721

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