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Folio 20 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and a parrot (recto); Text (verso)

1000–1100s

Nepal

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Medium
gum tempera and ink on palm leaf
Measurements
Average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.49.1
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The pages would have been bound into the book by strings running through the two holes in the center of the pages.

Description

A young male figure, probably the pilgrim Sudhana, sits on a cushion with a bolster and interacts with a parrot, perched on the trunk of a tree. Sudhana's gesture indicates that the bird should not be afraid. Most pages from this dispersed 355-folio manuscript have a single painting only on the recto side.
A horizontally oriented gum tempera and ink painting on two palm leaves features blocks of black Indic script. Centered on the top leaf, a panel depicts Sudhana, with a light skin tone, sitting beneath a green tree against a red background, facing a parrot. Three text blocks flank the illustration. The bottom leaf displays three additional script blocks. Small circular holes punctuate the left and right sides of both leaves.

Folio 20 from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array): Sudhana and a parrot (recto); Text (verso)

1000–1100s

Nepal

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