Title: The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Expounding the Dharma to a Devotee: Folio from a Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Manuscript
Object type: Folio
Date: early 12th century
Culture: India, West Bengal or Bangladesh
Period: Pala period
Artist:  Mahavihara Master 
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Opaque watercolor on palm leaf
Dimensions: Page: 2 3/4 x 16 7/16 in. (7 x 41.8 cm)
Image: 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in. (6.4 x 4.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2001
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Avalokiteshvara, term: Bodhisattvas