Turpan: Avatamsaka Sutra - Fascicle 29 (left end section)
Ink on paper
Turpan: Avatamsaka Sutra - Fascicle 29
CHINA, Xinjiang, Turpan; Southern Liang dynasty
Discovered in Turpan, this sutra manuscript contains a postscript which includes two sets of information rarely appearing together: the date, which was the 4th month of 523, and the name of the copyist, Wu Jinzang. The contents are part of the 60-fascicle version of the Avatamsaka Sutra as recorded at the end of the scroll.
Executed with a vigorous yet refined look, aspects of clerical script are seen in the pointed-tip entries and the heavily pressed exits. The character structure is dense and regulated, as well as elegant and graceful. The overall style hints of a precursory form of Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907) dynasty sutra manuscript styles.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy, page 261.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Edson, Gary,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Calligraphy },
pages = 261,
title = {{Turpan: Avatamsaka Sutra - Fascicle 29}},
volume = 17,
year = {2016}}