The Universal Gateway Chapter of the Lotus Sutra (Avalokiteshvara Sutra), Handscroll

Series

Lotus Sutra

Form

Handscroll

Medium

황지에 주묵

Size

7.7×300 cm

The Universal Gateway Chapter of the Lotus Sutra — the Avalokiteshvara Sutra — transcribed in Korean as a handscroll. The text runs in vermilion on yellow paper, mounted as a roll with red-lacquered ends. The whole chapter is carried in a single continuous sweep across a surface 7.7 cm high and 3 m long.

* Descriptions are provisional drafts, to be finalized after the printed catalogue.