Pair of Manuscript Covers with Scenes from Sadaprarudita's Self-Sacrifice

Two long wooden boards painted in distemper with narrow horizontal bands of figures against red and blue grounds. Seated and standing figures, architectural niches, and a seated figure in a shrine-like frame appear in small scenes, with worn paint and chipped edges. The panels are modest in scale and the figures are small within each compartment.

Artist

Unknown

Date

12th century

Medium

Distemper on wood

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 2466 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eisenberg, 1984