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Two colorful paintings. On left is eight-armed figure carrying a bow and arrow. On right is image of a figure laying on a cot, leaning head on palm of left hand.

Pratisara, Folio from the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript

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Artist
Unknown (Nepalese)
Title
Pratisara, Folio from the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Manuscript
Date
13th century
Medium
Opaque watercolor on palm leaf
Dimensions
1 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Jane Werner Watson
Accession No.
1972.36
Geography
Nepal

Related

ca. 1970-71, lent by Jane Werner Watson (Santa Barbara, CA) to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 13 November 1972, gifted to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Indian Miniature Painting: The Collection of Earnest C. Watson & Jane Werner Watson." Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1971. no. 1
  • Vajracharya, Gautam V. "Watson Collection of Indian Miniatures at the Elvehjem Museum of Art." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2002. no. 1, 1A, 1B

  • Faculty Exhibition 2020: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/1/2020–7/31/2020
  • Two Faces of South Asian Art: Textiles and Painting: , 2/4/1984–3/18/1984
  • New Acquisitions from the Far East: Elvehjem Art Center, 11/5/1973–1/6/1974
  • Indian Miniature Painting: The Collection of Earnest C. and James Werner Watson: Elvehjem Art Center, 10/29/1971–1/2/1972

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