The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 16, 2026

A palm leaf features gum tempera and black ink script (see "Inscriptions") on a long, light tan strip. Dense rows of text are organized into three distinct columns: one at our left, one in the center, and one at our right. Two small circular holes sit in the spaces between these sections. The leaf has irregular edges and a visible horizontal grain. The script creates three dense blocks against the material.

Text, folio 168 (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

gum tempera and ink on palm leaves
Leaf: 5.4 x 56.2 cm (2 1/8 x 22 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.168.a
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1938
    (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1938–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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