The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript

Art Object

Buddhism along the Silk Road

Thousands of years of trade and invasion brought Buddhist monks into contact with merchants and nomadic peoples in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. This short video, produced in conjunction with the exhibition Buddhism along the Silk Road: 5th–8th Century, shows how these interactions occurred.

Video/Audio (3)

Cambodian Rattan: The Sculpture of Sopheap Pich
(00:02:07) 2225 views

Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Discussion
(00:57:05) 64 views

Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance
(00:28:04) 60 views

Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript

Period:: Karnata-Malla period
Date:: ca. 12th century
Culture:: Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)
Medium:: Distemper on palm leaf
Dimensions:: 2 1/16 x 10 3/4 in. (5.3 x 27.3 cm)
Classification:: Paintings
Credit Line:: Gift of Arnold and Susan Lieberman, 1987
Accession Number:: 1987.246

This artwork is not on display

Description

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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What
Paintings (12,464)

Palm leaf (559)

Distemper (98)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Nepal (195)

Kathmandu Valley (150)
When
A.D. 1000-1400 (7,084)
In the Museum
Asian Art (35,222)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Himalayan Region, 1000–1400 A.D.