Description: A GILT COPPER FIFTEEN-SHEETS ‘THOUSAND HANDS SUTRA’ (千手經)
Korea
The sutra comprises 15 gilt-copper sheet worked in repoussé, the first with the title (千手經), the following 13 organized with the text in the lower section and an image with Buddhist deities in the upper section, the last sheet with a lokapala.
12,1 x 13,8 cm (each sheet)
Provenance: ambassador and plenipotentiary ministry Francesco Rausi.