LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2026
  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2026
Collections

Unknown
A Goddess, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses)16th-17th century

Not on view
Illuminated Tibetan manuscript page with dense script in black ink, centered small devotional painting of a crowned, golden-skinned deity seated on a lotus throne within an oval cartouche

Unknown, A Goddess, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses), 16th-17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Jane and Justin Dart Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
A Goddess, Folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita (The Perfection of Wisdom in 100,000 Verses)
Place Made
Western Tibet, Maryul district, Tholing Monastery
Date Made
16th-17th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (10.47 x 7.93 cm); Sheet: 7 1/2 x 26 1/8 in. (19.05 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.81.90.17
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, 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.