# The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Expounding the Dharma to a Devotee: Folio from a Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita Sutra Manuscript

- By: Mahavihara Master
- Date: early 12th century
- Medium: Opaque watercolor on palm leaf
- Classification: Paintings
- 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)
- Culture: India, West Bengal or Bangladesh
- Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2001
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/74906)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/web-large/DP238214.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)