id:			117672
accession number:	1938.301.1.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.301.1.a
updated:		2025-02-09 00:23:57.694000

Folio 1 (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. Paper: Nepal, Kathmandu. Palm leaf backed with yellow paper; leaf: 5.4 x 54.3 cm (2 1/8 x 21 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.301.1.a

title:				Folio 1 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
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creation date:			Sunday, September 14, 1119 (year 239 of the Newar Samvat in the month of Ashvina)
creation date earliest:		1119
creation date latest:		1119
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Eastern India, Bihar, Vikramashila Monastery. Paper: Nepal, Kathmandu
technique:	Palm leaf backed with yellow paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Nepalese Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Leaf: 5.4 x 54.3 cm (2 1/8 x 21 3/8 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1938
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1938–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 754
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n136

	O’Mara, Reed. “‘On Golden Tablets’: The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Manuscript as a Self-Referential Icon.” <em>Religions </em>11, no. 274 (2020): 1-19.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 1
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