| Object Number | C405B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese | Buddhist |
| Provenience | China |
| Period | Yuan Dynasty |
| Date Made | Yuan Dynasty |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper |
| Iconography | Buddhist Text |
| Inscription Language | Tibetan Language |
| Description | Three pages (55, 56, 57) from the Prajnaparamita class of sutras, this one is known as the Eight Thousand whose subject is emptiness. It is written in white and silver Tibetan characters on deep blue paper of a very heavy quality. Certain characters are rendered in an older script. There are two holes for the pins which held the leaves of the book to its carved wooden covers. Found inside dry lacquer Buddha statue dated to the Yuan Dynasty, C405A. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1923 |
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