Artwork Title: Excerpt from the 'Heart Sutra'

Excerpt from the 'Heart Sutra', 1991

Frank R. Lehberger

Calligraphy from the series: Siddham - Calligraphic Meditation over Devotional Script on Paper. Calligraphic rendition of a short Sanskrit excerpt of the Buddhist Prana-Paramita Sutra , also known as the 'Heart Sutra'. Ink on paper mounted on silk scroll with colophon in Chinese cursive script, mentioning the Sutra's Chinese translators, the 7th century Buddhist master Xuan Zang, hero of the 16th century popular Chinese novel 'Journey to the West' (Xiyou Ji). Calligraphy written 1991 in Taipeh.
76 x 19 in
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