FIVE PAGES OF A KOREAN ACCORDION-STYLE BUDDHIST SUTRA MANUSCRIPT, POSSIBLY THE LOTUS SUTRA

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The following five lots of Korean manuscripts come from the Otani Kozui Collection. The Otani expedition to Central Asia was carried out in three trips between 1902 and 1914 under the leadership of Count Otani Kozui (1876–1948), the 22nd abbot of the Nishi Honganji monastery in Kyoto. The mission was to investigate Buddhist sites and return with Buddhist manuscripts, especially old sutras. Most of the material is preserved in the library of Otani University, Kyoto.

FIVE PAGES OF A KOREAN ACCORDION-STYLE BUDDHIST SUTRA MANUSCRIPT, POSSIBLY THE LOTUS SUTRA

ANONYMOUS, KOREA, GORYEO DYNASTY (918-1392)

Details

FIVE PAGES OF A KOREAN ACCORDION-STYLE BUDDHIST SUTRA MANUSCRIPT, POSSIBLY THE LOTUS SUTRA
ANONYMOUS, KOREA, GORYEO DYNASTY (918-1392)
Silver ink on indigo-dyed paper; loose on a framed panel
9 ¼ x 21 7/8 in. (23.5 x 55.6 cm.)

Provenance

Otani Kozui Collection.

Literature

An Exhibition of Chinese and Korean Sutra Manuscripts from the Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (Hong Kong: Fine Arts Department, University of Hong Kong), 1987, pl. 47

Exhibited

“An Exhibition of Chinese and Korean Sutra Manuscripts,” Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, June 9-27, 1987

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This lot is offered without reserve.

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