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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.
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
  • Keene, Bryan C., editor. Toward a Global Middle Ages: Encountering the World Through Illuminated Manuscripts. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019.