Four bodhisattvas and two attendants flanking Vajrasattva, bottom cover, from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

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Four bodhisattvas and two attendants flanking Vajrasattva, bottom cover, from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Date
Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)
Medium
Gum tempera, paper, and colors on wood
Culture
Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
522129

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The diamond pattern at the holes references the ribbons and cords that would have bound the book together.

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Credit line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance
?–1938: (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1938–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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