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Text, Folio 16 (recto), 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 leaves
Measurements
Leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.16.a
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Print
Black ink and gum tempera are applied to a horizontally oriented palm leaf in three dense blocks of script. Two circular binding holes punctuate the tan surface between the text fields. The leaf displays irregular, worn edges and a prominent horizontal grain. The composition is defined by rhythmic, compact markings arranged across the narrow length of the organic material, where the grain occasionally shows through the medium.

Text, Folio 16 (recto), 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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