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

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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
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.