The Diamond Sutra Frontispiece

Identifier: 010627
Title: The Diamond Sutra Frontispiece; 金刚经扉页
Creator: Unknown Artist
Description: The image depicts the frontispiece to the earliest complete block printed ‘book’ found up to now which contains a date; It was originally housed in the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, In 1907, the British explorer Aurel Stein illicitly removed numerous Buddhist scriptures, documents, paintings, among them the Diamond Sutra Frontispiece.
Date: Tang Dynasty, 868 AD
Subject: Wood-engraving; Frontispiece; China--History--Tang dynasty, 618-907; Buddhist art--China--Dunhuang Caves
Former Location: Dunhuang; Gansu
Current Location: British Library
Type: Wood engraving picture
Source: https://baike.baidu.com/reference/55480364/533aYdO6cr3_z3kATPXZn_ukMHnGN4uut-aCALFzzqIP0XOpQMDnUZIqrtQxsf5zEQaE4ssxMoBHyfn33-_lPUeqqFqUlw2ISv1AgIN5HwdfJki0TWj8dC7I
Rights Holder: British Library
References: https://imagesonline.bl.uk/asset/1934/