id:			133068
accession number:	1955.49
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.49
updated:		2025-02-15 12:46:37.421000

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)
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creation date:			1000s-1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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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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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
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Text and Image in Southern Asia</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation – November 2016-April 2017</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2016-April 10, 2017). [only the following leaves: 1955.49.1.a, 1955.49.2.a, 1955.49.3.a, 1955.49.4.a, and 1955.49.6.a]', 'opening_date': '2016-11-07T00:00:00'}

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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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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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IMAGES

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