BUDDHISM.

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Three-column fragment from a manuscript copy of the Wu shang yi jing ("Sutra of Unsurpassed Reliance"). An example of ritualized sutra-copying in Korea, the Chinese text presenting part of a Mahayana sutra on the innate buddhahood of all things. The calligraphy is balanced and well-composed, indicative of the hand of a professional copyist. Provenance: Ekky Chung collection, Indonesia and Beverly Hills, California; acquired by the London bookseller Sam Fogg in May 1998 - Martin Schøyen (b. 1940), the Norwegian collector of rare books and manuscripts, with his pencilled pressmark on the card sheet.

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