Rectangular page featuring lines of Tibetan script and illumination depicting deity seated above offerings and kneeling figures

Prajnaparamita with Devotees; folio from a Shatasahasrika Prajnaparamita manuscript (The Perfection of Wisdom)

Location
Toling Monastery, Ngari region, western Tibet

Date
11th century

Material
ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions
illustration 4 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (27.3 x 12.4 cm), folio: 7 1/2 x 26 1/8 in. (19. x 66.3 cm)

Collection
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection; purchased with funds provided by the Jane and Justin Dart Foundation; M.81.90.6

Link
https://collections.lacma.org/node/246488

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