File:Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript.jpg
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editanonymous: The Goddess Mahasitavati, Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript
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The Goddess Mahasitavati, Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript  |
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| Object type |
painting / palm-leaf manuscript |
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| Genre |
religious art |
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| Description |
English: Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript. Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Karnata-Malla period. Distemper on palm leaf, 2 1/16 x 10 3/4 in. (5.3 x 27.3 cm). This seated, six-armed green goddess has one hand raised in abhaya mudra and holds a bow and arrow in her upper hands and two unidentifiable attributes in her other hands. She wears fine jewelry and a long, patterned waistcloth (dhoti). |
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| Date | ca. 12th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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gouache paint |
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| Dimensions |
height: 5.3 cm (2 in) ; width: 27.3 cm (10.7 in) |
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| Accession number |
1987.246 (Metropolitan Museum of Art) |
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| Place of creation |
Nepal |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/37980 direct link | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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