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Vajrayana Deities, Folio from a Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom)circa 1150-1200

On view:
Resnick Pavilion, floor 1
No image
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Vajrayana Deities, Folio from a Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom)
Place Made
India, Bihar
Date Made
circa 1150-1200
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on palm leaf
Dimensions
Image: 2 1/2 x 1 7/8 in. (6.35 x 4.76 cm) each; Sheet: 2 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. (6.35 x 43.82 cm) each
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.72.1.24b
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Allinger, Eva."A Pala-Period Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript Distributed Between Five Collections",Vienna, Vienna Journal of South-East Asian Studies:Bd. LI/2007-2008, 77-121(2008)
  • Little, Stephen, Tushara Bindu Gude, Karina Romero Blanco, Silvia Seligson, Marco Antonio Karam. Las Huellas de Buda. Ciudad de México : Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 2018.