213 - A monumental handwritten and illuminated album of the Buddhist sutra Bao Gang Jing (宝刚经), bound in a concertina or folding screen format with covers lined with blue silk. The inner leaves, made of tan-colored silk with an age-worn patina, feature columns of black ink calligraphy in a firm hand, alternating with tempera paintings and mineral pigments depicting Buddhist deities. The colophon at the end dates the transcription to the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan era (开元二十五年, 737 AD) and identifies Shi Weize (史维则) as the calligrapher. Tang Dynasty (618–907) or later.

A monumental handwritten and illuminated album of the Buddhist sutra Bao Gang Jing (宝刚经), bound in a concertina or folding screen format with covers lined with blue silk. The inner leaves, made of tan-colored silk with an age-worn patina, feature columns of black ink calligraphy in a firm hand, alternating with tempera paintings and mineral pigments depicting Buddhist deities. The colophon at the end dates the transcription to the twenty-fifth year of the Kaiyuan era (开元二十五年, 737 AD) and identifies Shi Weize (史维则) as the calligrapher. Tang Dynasty (618–907) or later. Dimensions: 67.6 x 9.5 x 44 cm