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Nothingness of Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses)11th century

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Tibetan manuscript page with dense columns of black script on cream paper and a small inset painting of a golden multi-armed deity seated on a lotus throne
Illuminated manuscript page with a painted devotional image set within a red-bordered rectangle. A golden-skinned deity seated in lotus position on a multicolored lotus throne, wearing an ornate crown, jeweled necklaces, and patterned lower garments, holds an object at the chest. A dark circular nimbus and teal oval mandorla frame the figure. Tibetan script appears above, below, and on both sides of the central image.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Nothingness of Nothingness, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses)
Place Made
Western Tibet, Maryul district, Tholing Monastery
Date Made
11th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 3 x 3 1/2 in. (7.62 x 8.89 cm); Sheet: 7 1/2 x 26 1/8 in. (19 x 66.35 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Jane and Justin Dart Foundation
Accession Number
M.81.90.7
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Los Angeles; Berkeley, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1983.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya et al. Tibet: Tradition and Change. Albuquerque, NM: The Albuquerque Museum, 1997.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Aspects of Indian Art: Papers Presented in a Symposium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Leiden, The Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1972.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. The Art of Tibet. New York: The Asia Society, Inc., 1969.
  • Beguin, Gilles. Dieux et Demons de l'Himalaya: Art du Bouddhisme Lamaique. Paris: Grand Palais, 1977.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
  • Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.