Four bodhisattvas and two attendants flanking Vajrasattva, Bottom cover, Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Four bodhisattvas and two attendants flanking Vajrasattva, Bottom cover, Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra), Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina). Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu. Gum tempera, paper, and colors on wood; overall: 6.5 x 57 x 1.5 cm (2 9/16 x 22 7/16 x 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.189.a The criss-cross pattern at the holes references the ribbons and cords that would have bound the book together.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Gum tempera, paper, and colors on wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.5 x 57 x 1.5 cm (2 9/16 x 22 7/16 x 9/16 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1938.301.189.a
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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