id:			133088
accession number:	1955.49.7.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.49.7.a
updated:		2022-03-23 09:00:44.724000

Bodhisattva Manjushri with Two Forms of Avalokiteshvara: Folio 348 (recto), from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array), 1000-1100s. Nepal. Gum tempera and ink on palm leaf; average: 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 1955.49.7.a

title:				Bodhisattva Manjushri with Two Forms of Avalokiteshvara: Folio 348 (recto), from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
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creation date:			1000-1100s
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 leaf
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Average: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	>> dharmamukhānyavakrāntānyabhūvan nānānayaiḥ //

atha khalu samantabhadro bodhisattvo mahāsattvaḥ sudhanaṃ śreṣṭhidārakametadavocat - dṛṣṭaṃ te kulaputra mama vikurvitam? āha - dṛṣṭamārya / api tu tathāgataḥ prajānan prajānīyāttāvadacintyamidaṃ vikurvitam / so 'vocat - ahaṃ kulaputra anabhilāpyānabhilāpyabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamān kalpān vicaritaḥ sarvajñatācittamabhilaṣamāṇaḥ / ekaikasmiṃśca mahākalpe 'nabhilāpyānabhilāpyabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamāstathāgatā ārāgitā bodhicittaṃ pariśodhayatā / ekaikasmiṃśca mahākalpe sarvatyāgasamāyuktāḥ sarvalokavighuṣṭā mahāyajñā yaṣṭāḥ / sarvasattvapratipādanā sarvajñatāpuṇyasaṃbhāratā / ekaikasmiṃśca mahākalpe anabhilāpyānabhilāpyabuddhakṣetraparamāṇurajaḥsamāstyāgā (Gv 426) mahātyāgāḥ kṛtāḥ, atyarthatyāgāḥ kṛtāḥ sarvajñatādharmānabhiprārthayatā
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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: 
A book on a blue lotus is just over the left shoulder of the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Manjushri.

digital description: 
The Bodhisattvas of Wisdom and Compassion sit in majesty, with Manjushri in the preaching gesture in the center, being honored by two worshipers. His mandorla dances with flames, and tongues of flames encircle its border. Two different forms of Avalokiteshvara are in the flanking paintings, a two-armed and a four-armed form.

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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. 752
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n136

	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. 1-4
	url:		https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11040183

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