Lot 368
  • 368

Anonymous, Yuan Dynasty

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Description

  • Anonymous, Yuan Dynasty
  • THE LOTUS SUTRA
  • gold on blue paper, a set of seven albums
(1)album of fifty-three leaves, with nine collectors' seals

(2)album of fifty-three leaves, with three collectors' seals

(3)album of fifty-two leaves, with three collectors' seals

(4)album of sixty-one leaves, with three collectors' seals

(5)album of fifty-eight leaves, with three collectors' seals

(6)album of fifty-six leaves, with three collectors' seals

(7)album of fifty leaves, dated the fifth year of the Zhizheng period (1345), with dedication, and with seven collectors' seals

Condition

- Minor wormholes mainly at the folds and margins- Wormholes throughout several pages- The gold color turns slightly red-brown at the edges of scriptural pictures - Minor tears at the folds in a few pages- The color at the cover is slightly fade out. Some wormholes and paper loss at the cover
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