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A Goddess, and the Goddess Mahapratisara, Two Folios from a Pancharaksha (The Five Protective Charms)1160-1161

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Two horizontal illustrated manuscript folios with dense Indic script text, each centered with a small painted miniature in orange-bordered frames
Illuminated manuscript leaf with dense columns of Devanagari script flanking a central painted miniature; the miniature depicts a multi-armed wrathful deity in green with a red face, seated within an ornate golden architectural frame against a red background, rendered in flat mineral pigments.
Illustrated manuscript folio with Devanagari script in dense columns flanking a central miniature painting of a multi-armed golden deity seated within an ornate arch, rendered in red, yellow, and black pigments on palm leaf.

Unknown, A Goddess, and the Goddess Mahapratisara, Two Folios from a Pancharaksha (The Five Protective Charms), 1160-1161, 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
A Goddess, and the Goddess Mahapratisara, Two Folios from a Pancharaksha (The Five Protective Charms)
Place Made
India, Bihar
Date Made
1160-1161
Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on palm leaf
Dimensions
Image: 2 1/2 x 2 in. (6.35 x 5.08 cm) each; Sheet: 2 1/2 x 21 7/8 in. (6.35 x 55.56 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.79.9.9a-b
Classification
Drawings
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.