Detail View: Rylands Collection: Teaching on the Sands of the River

Image Number: 
JRL022743tr
Reference Number: 
Chinese Drawings 28
Image Title: 
Teaching on the Sands of the River
Parent Work Title: 
Chinese Drawings: Buddhist Illustrations: Diamond Sutra
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Crawford Chinese Collection: Illustrations
Date Created: 
c1800
Volume: 
28
Page/Sheet: 
No.10
Image Sequence Number: 
010
Description: 
Illustrated: Diamond sutra: Teaching on the Sands of the River. Paintings on the leaves of the Bodhi tree. The leaves are cut into heart shapes to represent one title of Buddha - 'Lord of Hearts'.
Subject: 
Buddhism
Subject: 
Art, Chinese
Subject: 
Religion
Technique Used: 
Painting (image-making)
Support: 
Bodhi tree leaf
Places Covered: 
China
Item Height: 
Page: 290 mm
Item Width: 
Page: 195 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
References: 
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000. Zheng Yaying, 'Crawford Chinese Collection' 1991.
Image Creation Technique: 
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, November 2003
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB