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Sudhana and a Buffalo: Folio 115 (recto), from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)

1000–1100s

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Nepal

Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf

Average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.49.4.a

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

The palm leaves used to create manuscripts were harvested from the Talipot Palm, seen on the right.

Provenance
?-1955
(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1955-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned: cat. no. 752 archive.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1955.49.4.a