Date: Tang (618-907)

Material: Ink on paper

• Object Type：
  • CALLIGRAPHY
• Location：
  • Chinese Calligraphy Gallery
• Tag：
  • sūtra regular script handscroll tang ink paper

This is a written sutra found in the Library Cave in Mogao Caves, which housed tens of thousands of documents dated from Jin (266-420) to Song (960-1279) dynasties. This is the ninth volume of Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra translated by the Northern Liang (397-460) Buddhist monk Dharmakṣema and written by a Tang dynasty calligrapher on a piece of yellow-dyed paper coated with wax. This scroll features thick and firm brushstrokes composed with orderly elegance, exhibiting a style similar to Chu Suiliang's. This is an excellent work of written sutra of the Tang dynasty.