Page Inscribe with the Prajna Paramita Hridaya
Asian Art
MEDIUM
Ink on silk
DATES
16th century
DYNASTY
Ming Dynasty
DIMENSIONS
frame: 9 1/2 × 5 in. (24.1 × 12.7 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Asian Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2021.18.7
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Carroll Family Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Dedicatory offering in the form of a page of hand-written Chinese text, consisting of a passage from a Buddhist sutra, apparently the Prajna Paramita Hridaya (to be confirmed). May have a date and/or donor's name.
Piece was found inside 2021.18.6, a Buddhist sculpture of Bodhisattva Guanyin.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Page Inscribe with the Prajna Paramita Hridaya, 16th century. Ink on silk, frame: 9 1/2 × 5 in. (24.1 × 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Carroll Family Collection, 2021.18.7 (Photo: , CUR.2021.18.7.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2021.18.7.jpg.
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