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| Keywords: Pair of Manuscript Covers with Buddhist Scenes, 2.jpg Pair of Manuscript Covers with Buddhist Scenes 2 Nepal Kathmandu Valley Distemper on wood 2 1/4 x 12 15/16 in 5 7 x 32 9 cm At the far left a bodhisattva adores Prajnaparamita the Goddess of Transcendent Wisdom seated in a shrine In the center the Buddha in a former life receives a gift of honey from a monkey To the left of this scene a figure possibly a Buddha sits on and leans against a cropping of rock while another figure appears before a cloth screen At the right a woman emerges from a palace and walks toward two seated figures observed from above by two gods http //www metmuseum org/collection/the-collection-online/search/37794 http //images metmuseum org/CRDImages/as/original/DT7948 jpg direct link century 12 author <gallery> File Pair of Manuscript Covers with Buddhist Scenes 1 jpg </gallery> PD-old-100 Buddhist art from Nepal Tibetan Buddhist paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Tibetan painted book covers Files uploaded by Yann Forget 12th-century paintings from Nepal | ||||
