Sujet
The Buddha, 868 AD. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Buddha, 868 AD. The frontispiece to the earliest complete block printed 'book' found up to now which contains a date, the Chinese translation of the Buddhist text the 'Diamond Sutra'. This consists of a scroll, over 16 feet long, made up of a long series of printed pages. Printed in China in 868 AD, it was found in the Dunhuang Caves in 1907, in the North Western province of Gansu.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM25A23_351
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
42,4Mo (3,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 25,3cm / 4960 x 2985 (300dpi)