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AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND IMPORTANT COMPLETE SET OF THE SUTRA OF PERFECT ENLIGHTENMENTBY THE QIANLONG EMPEROR, DATED QIANLONG BINGYIN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1746
comprising two?volumes of?leporello?albums, sumptuously bound in gilt-wrapped-thread brocade woven with multi-colored diaper patterns enclosing hexagonal reserves of sinuous dragons each in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' alternating with wan and shou characters, centered with a black title slip with a gilt inscription reading yushu yuanjuejing shangce and xiace (Imperially written Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment, volume one and volume two), each album inscribed in regular script executed in black ink on dyed paper beginning with the full?name of the sutra?and attributing the translation to Buddhatrāta of Jibin,?continuing into?a neat structure of four columns of text?per leaf,?the first album?with a?frontispiece finely painted in baimiao style?with the Buddha holding a blossoming lotus spray, an imperial seal reading qinwen zhixi ('seal of imperially-written?text') following the name of the sutra, the second album text closing with an inscription translating to 'Qianlong commenced writing?on the nineteenth day of the first month of the?bingyin year and concluded on the fifteenth day of the second month', followed by three seals reading qian, long, and jigu youwen zhixi ('respect tradition and value classical literature'), with a further?illustration of the guardian king Weituo, all between illustrations of the?'Eight Buddhist Emblems'?painted in gilt on indigo-dyed?paper to the interiors of the covers, both albums fitted in a matching brocade-bound hard board case with stained ivory tabs and a title slip inset?to the top (3)Length of each 8 1/8? in.,?21.5 cm;?Width?3 7/8? in., 9.8 cm