Volume from the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
Unknown Artist
late 1100s
Medium
Handscroll; ink and gold on dyed paper
Classification
Manuscript
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Anonymous Gift
Accession Number
1969.130.2.b
About this artwork
This scroll is part of the 600-volume Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. The sacred text addresses the perfection of wisdom and the nonsubstantiality of all phenomena, or the emptiness of all things. It takes the form of Shakyamuni Buddha’s preaching at four locations. This scroll is from the Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Lines, which occupies the first 400 volumes. At one time, religious clergy kept all the scrolls in a lacquered wood repository. They are now too fragile to open and we will co...