Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )

© Wang Mansheng

Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )

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Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 ),

March 2016

Wang Mansheng 王满晟, born 1962, Taiyuan, China; active New York, NY
2017-9 a-l

Information

Title
Diamond Sutra (Jingang jing 金剛經 )
Dates

March 2016

Maker
Wang Mansheng 王满晟
Medium
Twelve sheets; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy (sheets a-k): approximately 24 × 46 cm (9 7/16 × 18 1/8 in.) Calligraphy (sheets l): 24 × 66.5 cm (9 7/16 × 26 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
2017-9 a-l
Inscription
Inscribed at end: 金剛經 鳩摩羅什三藏法師譯 公元貳仟壹陸年参月半升手錄 Diamond Sutra translated by Kumārajīva (334-413), master of the Buddhist canon. Written by hand by Banshan in the third month of 2016.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist, Bansheng, 半升, square relief, top seal at end of sheets Artist, Wang Mansheng yin, 王满晟, square intaglio, bottom seal at end of sheets
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing)
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Techniques
calligraphy (writing)
Subject
Buddhism

2016–2017 Wang Mansheng, born 1962 (Dobbs Ferry, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2017.

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