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Text, Folio 152 (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 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 1938.301.152.b
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Not on view
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Black ink on a horizontally oriented textured palm leaf features three dense columns of linear script. The elongated tan surface is punctured by two circular voids between the text blocks. Rhythmic rows of characters fill the central sections, preserving a smooth border along the rounded edges. Small notations mark the margins at the far ends, while the dark ink contrasts sharply against the muted, aged grain of the organic surface.

Text, Folio 152 (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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