Text, folio 186 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

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Text, folio 186 (recto), 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 and ink on palm leaf
Culture
Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
117667

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This manuscript, consisting of 188 double-sided folios, was calligraphed by a scribe at a monastery in northeastern India, commissioned by a monk from Nepal. Judging from the style of the paintings, they are the work of Nepalese artists.

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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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