Manuscript on paper. 44 pothi-style oblong sheets 270 x 775 mm. , inscribed on both sides in red and black

by Mongolian Sutras

$10,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

China : late 18th-century . Several Buddhist sutras in Mongolian, probably including the Heart Sutra, in a beautifully executed two-color manuscript likely produced at the court of the Qianlong emperor. Tibetan Buddhism spread among the Mongols in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the late 16th century, certain Buddhist scriptures were translated into Mongolian. The basis of the translations was the Kanjur, the Tibetan texts with sutras

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