Diamond Sutra, Dragon scale binding (2017) Zhang Xiaodong In 32 zhuan (seal) fonts, 152 x 382×160mm. Edition of 300 (via books…

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Diamond Sutra, Dragon scale binding (2017) Zhang Xiaodong In 32 zhuan (seal) fonts, 152 x 382×160mm. Edition of 300

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Zhang also made a copy of the ancient Buddhist text, the “Diamond Sutra,” a 73-meter-long scroll with 217 “scales” and more than 430 patterned strips. It is believed to be the first dragon scale book produced in a millennium, according to [curator Ying Kwok]

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