Lot 80
Lot 80
AN ASIAN PAINTED 'HEART SUTRA' SCROLL

20TH CENTURY

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    AN ASIAN PAINTED 'HEART SUTRA' SCROLL

    20TH CENTURY
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    FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROLF ALFRED STEIN (1911-1999)
    AN ASIAN PAINTED 'HEART SUTRA' SCROLL
    20TH CENTURY
    This blue-ground silk hanging scroll depicts in gold a richly dressed standing Avalokiteshvara with a halo on a lotus base and the Heart Sutra inscribed in small regular script at the top. The work is signed Yuezhao, possibly a monk.
    16⅜ x 45⅛ in. (41.5 x 114.5 cm.)

    Provenance:
    Collection of Rolf Alfred Stein (1911-1999), a distinguished scholar, and thence by descent.

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