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Three female figures, folio 89 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)

Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu

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Medium
gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
Measurements
Leaf: 5.9 x 55.9 cm (2 5/16 x 22 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.89.b
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A horizontally oriented tempera and ink painting on a long palm leaf depicts three square illustrations of deities alternating with blocks of black script. On our left and in the center, blue-skinned figures sit cross-legged, one with palms together and the other with one hand raised. On our right, a red-skinned figure sits with hands held at the chest. All figures have circular halos. Two small circular holes flank the central painting.

Three female figures, folio 89 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)

Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Painting: Nepal, Kathmandu

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