The Buddha distributes honey, from a Prajnaparamita manuscript
date: label: Date
content: 12th century
notes: label: Provenance
content: To 1930
label: Provenance
content: Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1930 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1930
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1930 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing)
label: Exhibition History
content: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)
label: Exhibition History
content: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)
label: Exhibition History
content: Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Ajit Ghose (born 1886)
place: label: Origin
content: West Bengal state, India
topic: label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: monkey
label: Topic
content: Astasahasraka Prajnaparamita
label: Topic
content: halo
label: Topic
content: India
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1930.87
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6.3 x 56 cm (2 1/2 x 22 1/16 in)