A vertical wooden rod, likely a scroll spindle, with dark lacquered ends. Beside it is a rectangular paper slip containing several columns of handwritten Chinese calligraphy in black ink, identifying the manuscript as a volume of the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra.

Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra original: "Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra"

Volume Seventeen

76741 Institutional cataloging number
Seventeen characters in the "Moon" luo a classificatory system for organizing sutra scrolls

2 Institutional cataloging number
Placed Sutra indicating this scroll is ready for storage or archival filing