Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Nepal · 1000s-1100s
Seven Leaves from a Manuscript of the Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
Creator not recorded by the museum
- Date
- 1000s-1100s
- Medium
- Gum tempera and ink on palm leaves
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4.2 x 52.4 cm (1 5/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
- Country / context
- Nepal
- Movement / tradition
- South Asian arts
- Collection
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Pathway
- South Asian arts ↗
FROM THE MUSEUM
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.
Collection text · The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0A MOMENT TO LOOK
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