A VERY RARE IMPERIAL WOODBLOCK-PRINTED MAHAKARUNIKACITTA DHARANI SUTRA AND BROCADE COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL WOODBLOCK-PRINTED MAHAKARUNIKACITTA DHARANI SUTRA AND BROCADE COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The hard cover is bound with imperial yellow brocade, and inscribed with the title Yushu Qianshou Qianyan Guanshiyin Pusa Dabeixin Tuoluoni, Mahakarunikacitta Dharani sutra, opening the interior folio rendered in forty-eight concertina folds written in Chinese text, followed by line drawings illustrating the different manifestations of the Bodhisattva, ending with the Bingzi cyclical date of the Qianlong year, corresponding to 1756, and two seals of the Emperor. The back cover is similarly bound with yellow brocade; encased with a hard sleeve cover bearing the title of the sutra and fastened by two toggles. 13 3/8 in. long x 4 3/4 in. wide x 1 1/8 in. deep (34 x 12 x 2.8 cm.)
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL WOODBLOCK-PRINTED MAHAKARUNIKACITTA DHARANI SUTRA AND BROCADE COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL WOODBLOCK-PRINTED MAHAKARUNIKACITTA DHARANI SUTRA AND BROCADE COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The hard cover is bound with imperial yellow brocade, and inscribed with the title Yushu Qianshou Qianyan Guanshiyin Pusa Dabeixin Tuoluoni, Mahakarunikacitta Dharani sutra, opening the interior folio rendered in forty-eight concertina folds written in Chinese text, followed by line drawings illustrating the different manifestations of the Bodhisattva, ending with the Bingzi cyclical date of the Qianlong year, corresponding to 1756, and two seals of the Emperor. The back cover is similarly bound with yellow brocade; encased with a hard sleeve cover bearing the title of the sutra and fastened by two toggles. 13 3/8 in. long x 4 3/4 in. wide x 1 1/8 in. deep (34 x 12 x 2.8 cm.)
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