# Bodhisattva Maitreya, Leaf from a dispersed Ashtasahasrika Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom) Manuscript

- By: Mahavihara Master
- Date: early 12th century
- Medium: Opaque watercolor on palm leaf
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (7 x 41.9 cm)
- Culture: India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
- Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2001
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/74907)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/as/web-large/DP238215.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)