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Landscape Illustrations and Fragmentary Text from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary on the Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) Commissioned by Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997)
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Three handscrolls comprising four Northern-Song (906-1279) woodblock printed landscapes mounted as illustrations within fourteen leaves of text from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary of the Chinese Tripitaka (Yuzhi mizangquan).
The three handscrolls are as follows:
1962.11.1: Leaves 2 (fragmentary), 3, 4, 5, and landscape illustration 1
1962.11.2.A-B: Leaves 6-10, and landscape illustrations 2 and 3
1962.11.3: Leaves 11-15, and landscape illustration 4
At the end of leaf 15 is a cartouche giving the date of printing as Daguan 2nd year (1108), during the reign of Emperor Huizong.
Department of Asian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Louise H. Daly Anonymous and Alpheus Hyatt Funds
Title: Landscape Illustrations and Fragmentary Text from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary on the Buddhist Canon (Tripitaka) Commissioned by Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997)
Description:
Three handscrolls comprising four Northern-Song (906-1279) woodblock printed landscapes mounted as illustrations within fourteen leaves of text from Chapter Thirteen of the Imperial Commentary of the Chinese Tripitaka (Yuzhi mizangquan).
The three handscrolls are as follows:
1962.
11.
1: Leaves 2 (fragmentary), 3, 4, 5, and landscape illustration 1
1962.
11.
2.
A-B: Leaves 6-10, and landscape illustrations 2 and 3
1962.
11.
3: Leaves 11-15, and landscape illustration 4
At the end of leaf 15 is a cartouche giving the date of printing as Daguan 2nd year (1108), during the reign of Emperor Huizong.
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