id:			133068
accession number:	1955.49
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.49
updated:		2022-08-27 09:04:59.104000

Seven Leaves from a Manuscript of the Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array), 1000s-1100s. Nepal. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves; overall: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1955.49

title:				Seven Leaves from a Manuscript of the Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1000s-1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		237 Himalayan
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Nepal
technique:	Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation – November 2016-April 2017</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2016-April 10, 2017).only leaves 1955.49.1.a, 1955.49.2.a, 1955.49.3.a, 1955.49.4.a, and 1955.49.6.a.

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PROVENANCE

	(Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1955
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1955–
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fun fact: 
Russian artist Svyatoslav Roerich (1904–1993) collected 144 pages of this manuscript in India.

digital description: 
These pages come from a long horizontal book of 355 palm leaves, now dispersed among many collections. Featuring the pilgrim Sudhana on his quest to reach enlightenment, the text was especially influential in the spread of Buddhism to East Asia. These leaves are from the sole surviving illustrated manuscript of this text in its original language of Sanskrit.

wall description: 
In the sensitively modeled miniature paintings, the merchant boy Sudhana travels through the landscape of southern India and encounters enlightened teachers who share their understandings with him. One, a Brahman priest, touches Sudhana’s head and transmits his knowledge in a miraculous vision. <br><br>These leaves belong to the sole surviving illustrated copy of the Sanskrit pilgrimage text in its original language. When complete, this manuscript consisted of 355 palm leaves now dispersed among many collections, mainly in Moscow. This copy was written and illustrated by a Nepalese scribe and artists who must have had a copy from India to use as a model.
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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 and Reproduced: cat. no. 752
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n136

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 233
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n257

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 233
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n257

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 296
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n316

	Mace, Sonya Rhie. “Clearing the Course: Folio 348 of the Nepalese <em>Gaṇḍavyūha-sūtra</em> in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>Religions </em>2020, 11(4), 183.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Figs. 1-7, 9-11, 13-15, 17
	url:		https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11040183

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