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A carved gilt and polychrome wood sutra book cover, Tibet, 14th / 15th century | 十四 / 十五世紀 藏傳金加彩木雕護經板
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Property from an Important European Private Collection
A carved gilt and polychrome wood sutra book cover
Tibet, 14th / 15th century
Length 72 cm, 28⅜ in.
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Collection particulière européenne
Couverture de livre de sutra en bois sculpté doré et polychrome, Tibet, XIVe / XVe siècle
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歐洲私人收藏
十四 / 十五世紀 藏傳金加彩木雕護經板
The finely carved and gilded wood cover of a Tibetan manuscript, depicting Prajnaparamita at centre, Vairochana to the left and Shakyamuni Buddha to the right, each seated on a lion throne with an arch (torana) behind with mythical animals, with Garuda at the apex of the central shrine of Prajnaparamita, and the Face of Glory (kirtimukha) above Vairochana and Shakyamuni: the back of the cover with fragmentary painted geometric jewel and scroll designs commonly associated with early Tibetan book covers, such as the ca. 13th century example in S. Kossak and J. Casey Singer, Sacred Visions: Early Paintings from Central Tibet, New York, 1998, p. 13.
