Lot Essay
The sutra originally was stored in Lei Feng Tower which was near West Lake in Zhejiang province. In 1923, the tower collapsed and during excavations the sutra was unearthed.
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ANONYMOUS (10th century)
Tuoluo Ni Sutra in Small Standard Script Calligraphy (xiao kai shu)
Handscroll, ink printed on paper, 3 x 82¾in. (7.5 x 210cm.)
Sutra printed the eighth month of yihai year (915)
One collector's seal
Frontispiece with one landscape and one title in standard script calligraphy (kai shu) by Chen Zengyun (1878-1949) and Wang Yun (1866-1950), both dated jiazi year (1924)
Label by Chen Zengshou
Tuoluo Ni Sutra in Small Standard Script Calligraphy (xiao kai shu)
Handscroll, ink printed on paper, 3 x 82¾in. (7.5 x 210cm.)
Sutra printed the eighth month of yihai year (915)
One collector's seal
Frontispiece with one landscape and one title in standard script calligraphy (kai shu) by Chen Zengyun (1878-1949) and Wang Yun (1866-1950), both dated jiazi year (1924)
Label by Chen Zengshou