A Night Goddess Instructing Sudhana, Folio from a Gandavyuha (The Structure of the World)

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A Night Goddess Instructing Sudhana, Folio from a Gandavyuha (The Structure of the World)

Nepal, circa 1150-1175
Manuscripts
Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf
2 x 21 3/4 in. (5.1 x 55.3 cm)
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase (M.71.1.1f)
Currently on public view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1

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Curator Notes

See M.71.1.1a.

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