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Text, Folio 20 (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 1938.301.20.a
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Print
Black ink and gum tempera brushed onto a horizontally oriented, textured palm leaf features three distinct panels of dense script. These rectangular blocks of dark ink contrast with the tan, fibrous grain. Two small circular voids puncture the leaf, symmetrically spaced. A solitary black character floats above the left void. Repeated, uniform marks compose the script, while the leaf's slightly uneven ends and horizontal graining provide a natural, weathered frame for the calligraphy.

Text, Folio 20 (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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