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

Not on view

Illuminated Tibetan manuscript page with dense rows of black script, small miniature painting of a cross-legged golden figure on orange ground, cream-colored paper

Illuminated manuscript painting on palm leaf, crowned bodhisattva figure seated in lotus position on a multicolored lotus throne, golden skin tone, wearing jewelry and silk scarves, set within a circular halo against a red-bordered panel, surrounded by lines of Tibetan script.

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, 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 5/8 x 3 in. (9.2 x 7.62 cm); Sheet: 7 1/2 x 26 1/8 in. (19.05 x 66.35 cm); Frame: 16 1/2 x 34 3/16 x 1 15/16 in. (41.91 x 86.84 x 4.92 cm)
Credit Line: From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Jane and Justin Dart Foundation
Accession Number: M.81.90.16
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.
Fisher, Robert E. Art of Tibet. London: Thames and Hudson, 1997.
Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
Beguin, Gilles. Dieux et Demons de l'Himalaya: Art du Bouddhisme Lamaique. Paris: Grand Palais, 1977.
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.
Linrothe, Robert N. "Kashmir and 'Collecting Paradise'." Orientations 46, no.1 (2015): 60-67.
Linrothe, Rob. Collecting Paradise: Buddhist Art of Kashmir and its Legacies. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2014.
Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.

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

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: The Jina Buddha Ratnasambhava, 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 5/8 x 3 in. (9.2 x 7.62 cm); Sheet: 7 1/2 x 26 1/8 in. (19.05 x 66.35 cm); Frame: 16 1/2 x 34 3/16 x 1 15/16 in. (41.91 x 86.84 x 4.92 cm)
Credit Line: From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Jane and Justin Dart Foundation
Accession Number: M.81.90.16
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.
Fisher, Robert E. Art of Tibet. London: Thames and Hudson, 1997.
Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Tibet. Expanded edition. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.
Beguin, Gilles. Dieux et Demons de l'Himalaya: Art du Bouddhisme Lamaique. Paris: Grand Palais, 1977.
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.
Linrothe, Robert N. "Kashmir and 'Collecting Paradise'." Orientations 46, no.1 (2015): 60-67.
Linrothe, Rob. Collecting Paradise: Buddhist Art of Kashmir and its Legacies. New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2014.
Little, Stephen, and Tushara Bindu Gude. Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art across Asia. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2025.