Title: Cover for an Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra
Object type: Book cover
Date: 10th–11th century
Culture: Nepal, Kathmandu Valley
Period: Thakuri-Malla periods
Medium: Ink and color on wood, with metal insets
Dimensions: 2 1/4 x 22 3/8 in. (5.7 x 56.8 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Gift of John and Evelyn Kossak, The Kronos Collections and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Findlay, 1979
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Bodhisattvas, term: Buddha