Manuscript Cover with Buddha, Two Bodhisattvas and Two Protective Deities (Lokapalas)

Details

  • Title : Manuscript Cover with Buddha, Two Bodhisattvas and Two Protective Deities (Lokapalas)
  • Year : 1570–1580
  • Classification : Painting
  • Medium : Pigments on wood
  • Dimension : 12.2 x 45.7 x 1.8 cm (4 7/8 x 18 x 3/4 in.)
  • Accession No : Reference Number 2004.756.4
  • Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
  • Period : c. 1575
  • Collection : The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Credit Line : Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan
  • Status : Currently Off View
  • PROVENANCE : Gifted to the Art Institute by Nancy Wiener Gallery Incorporated, New York, December 31, 2004.
  • PUBLICATION HISTORY : Pal, Pratapaditya. The Arts of Nepal, Part II, Painting (E.J. Brill, 1978), Fig. 41 and p. 51. *Pal, Pratapaditya and Julia Meech-Peharik. Buddhist Book Illuminations. New York: Ravi Kumar Publishers, 1988, p.110: Pl. 33 and p. 126.