Artwork preview

Four bodhisattvas and two attendants flanking Vajrasattva, bottom cover, from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Red wooden panel with rounded edges, approximately long and thin. The panel has eight figures on it. The figures are arranged in a row. Each figure sits cross-legged on a cushion. The figures are painted gold, green, blue and red. The figures wear a crown. The figures are surrounded by a green and gold oval. The ovals are separated by red sections. The red sections have a diamond pattern in green and gold. The panel has two holes in the diamond sections. The panel has a chipped and worn surface. The background of the image is gray. The panel casts a shadow.

Artwork Details

Dimensions
900 × 134 px
Museum Record
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya, Vairochana with attendants, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi, Top cover, from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Four-armed Maitreya
Prajnaparamita flanked by two female figures, folio 1 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Bodhisattva Manjushri, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
Leaf from an Illuminated Buddhist Manuscript
The Goddess Mahasitavati, Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript
Leaf from an Illuminated Buddhist Manuscript
Bodhisattva Manjushri with two forms of Avalokiteshvara, folio 348 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, Folio from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnapramita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript
Opening Page of a Dispersed Manuscript
Pair of Manuscript Covers: Prajnaparamita Flanked by Bodhisattvas (above); Vajrasattva(?) Flanked by Bodhisattvas (below)
Prajnaparamita flanked by a white female figure and a white bodhisattva, folio 90 (recto), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Leaf from an Illuminated Buddhist Manuscript
Buddha Enthroned in a Shrine, Leaf from a dispersed Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript
One of a Pair of Jain Manuscript Covers (Patli)
Preaching Amitabha with Avalokiteshvara and Manjushri, folio 186 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Leaf from an Illuminated Buddhist Manuscript
Bejeweled Buddha Preaching
Leaf from an Illuminated Buddhist Manuscript
Three female figures, folio 89 (verso), from a Manuscript of the Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita-sutra)
Sudhana and a parrot, folio 20 (recto) from a Gandavyuha-sutra (Scripture of the Supreme Array)
Buddha with His Hands Raised in Dharmacakra Mudra, Leaf from a dispersed Pancavimsatisahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript
Leaf from an Illuminated Buddhist Manuscript
Pair of Manuscript Covers with Buddhist Deities