EditorialChinese Buddhist calligraphy. Mahaparinirvana-Sutra. China, 506. Early Chinese calligraphy from Dunhuang. Colophon, dated 29th August, 506. Buddhist text, copied at the Zhulin (Bamboo Grove) Monastery, sponsored by Qiao Liangyong on behalf of his decea...
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialMahaparinirvana Sutra (Daboniepan Jing) Ch. 22, Tang dynasty, Tang dynasty, 700s, ink on paper, 10-7/8 x 282 in. (image) 10-7/8 x 287 in. (mount), Asian Art.
EditorialChinese Buddhist calligraphy. Mahaparinirvana-Sutra. China, 506. Early Chinese calligraphy from Dunhuang. Colophon, dated 29th August, 506. Buddhist text, copied at the Zhulin (Bamboo Grove) Monastery, sponsored by Qiao Liangyong on behalf of his decea...
EditorialChinese Buddhist calligraphy. Mahaparinirvana-Sutra. China, 506. Early Chinese calligraphy from Dunhuang. Colophon, dated 29th August, 506. Buddhist text, copied at the Zhulin (Bamboo Grove) Monastery, sponsored by Qiao Liangyong on behalf of his decea...
EditorialSchist relief panel depicting the division of the Buddha's relics, from Gandhara, 2nd century. A table with thick, elaborately turned legs dominates the panel. A densely worked textile covers it, on which sit eight reliquaries. The brahmin Drona stands...