Sutras

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HUANG DING (MING DYNASTY)
Sutras
Pair of albums, one of twenty-nine leaves and one of thirty-five leaves, gold ink on paper
Twenty-eight leaves of one album measure 4 ¾ x 2 in. (12 x 5 cm.) and one leaf measures 4 ¾ x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.6 cm.)
Thirty-four leaves of one album measure 4 ¾ x 2 in. (12 x 5 cm.) and one leaf measures 4 ¾ x 3 3/8 in. (12 x 8.6 cm.)
Each album inscribed and signed
Each album dated spring, guiwei year (of the Chongzhen era, 1643)
One collector’s seal

Lot Essay

The identity of this calligrapher Huang Ding is unclear, although his inscription indicates that he was a devoted Buddhist and wrote in the midst of the turbulent period at the fall of the Ming dynasty. The owner understands that his family acquired this sutra from a temple in Mount Wutai, with which they had a long association.

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