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Pair of Buddhist Manuscript Covers: Scenes from the Buddha's Life (c), Buddhas with a Bodhisattva (d)1075-1100

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Pair of painted wooden manuscript cover panels, each with rows of seated Buddhist figures with coral-red halos against a black ground, flanked by attendants
Two horizontal manuscript pages with Devanagari script flanking central painted illustrations: upper page depicts a multi-armed deity seated in lotus position against a red circular halo; lower page shows a yellow-skinned deity in anjali mudra with two smaller seated figures at sides, both with red and gold palette on aged palm leaf.

Unknown, Pair of Buddhist Manuscript Covers: Scenes from the Buddha's Life (c), Buddhas with a Bodhisattva (d), 1075-1100, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Pair of Buddhist Manuscript Covers: Scenes from the Buddha's Life (c), Buddhas with a Bodhisattva (d)
Place Made
India, Bihar
Date Made
1075-1100
Medium
Opaque watercolor on wood
Dimensions
Each: 2 1/8 x 22 1/4 in. (5.39 x 56.51 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.72.1.20c-d
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya; R. Brown; R. Fisher; G. Kuwayama; Amy G. Poster. Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art. ed. Dean, Lynne. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Menzies, Jackie, ed. Buddha: Radiant Awakening. Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2001.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Painting, vol.1. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1993.
  • Rosenfield, John. The Arts of India and Nepal: The Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1966.
  • Xingyun, editor. Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts. Los Angeles: Buddha's Light Publications USA, 2018.
  • Keene, Bryan C., editor. Toward a Global Middle Ages: Encountering the World Through Illuminated Manuscripts. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019.