Perfection of Insight, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses)

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Perfection of Insight, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses)

Western Tibet, Maryul district, Tholing Monastery, 11th century
Manuscripts
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Image: 3 9/16 x 3 in. (9.1 x 7.6 cm); Folio: 7 1/2 x 26 1/8 in. (19 x 66.3 cm); Frame: 16 1/2 x 34 3/16 x 1 15/16 in. (41.91 x 86.84 x 4.92 cm)
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Jane and Justin Dart Foundation (M.81.90.8)
South and Southeast Asian Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

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  • Singer, Jane Casey. "Early Thankas: Eleventh - Thirteenth Centuries." Marg 48, no. 1 (1996): 16-31.

  • Linrothe, Rob. Collecting Paradise: Buddhist Art of Kashmir and its Legacies. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2014.
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