COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL19060220
Reference Number:
Chinese Drawings 28
Parent Work Title:
Wuliangshou Fo
Alternative Parent Work Title:
無量壽佛
Translated Parent Work Title:
The Buddha of Measureless Life
Creator:
Kumārajīva, -412?
Creator Role:
Translator
Date Created:
19th century
Volume:
28
Page/Sheet:
Plate 5
Image Sequence Number:
P005
Description:
Ilustration: several groups of figures; two figures are sat on a fish and a turtle. Painting on the leaf of the Bodhi tree, accompanied by an extract from the Buddhist text 'Diamond Sutra'.
Language Code:
chi
Language:
Chinese
Subject:
Buddhism
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Leaf (plant material)
Item Height:
285 mm
Item Width:
390 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Yaying , Zheng & Deane, John, Hand list of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 1991
References:
An Illustrated Catalogue of ‘A Scholars’ Paradise: a Centenary Exhibition of Notable Books and Manuscripts', 30 May to 3 November 2000 at The John Rylands Library, Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Volume 82, Numbers 2-3, 2000, pp. 85-254
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2019-06-20
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2019-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Metadata Language:
Qing: China's Multilingual Empire
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
Collection Code:
Rylands
