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Turpan: Avatamsaka Sutra - Fascicle 29
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Turpan: Avatamsaka Sutra - Fascicle 29
CHINA, Xinjiang, Turpan; Southern Liang dynasty (502–557), dated 523; By Wu Jinzang; Regular script; Ink on paper; 21.2 x 103 cm; Shodo Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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. |
