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TIBET, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
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A Carved Gilt and Painted Manuscript Cover
Tibet, 15th/16th Century
The recessed rectangular panel richly gilt depicting the five Tathagatas seated on lotus thrones in niches and supported by their respective mounts within beaded borders encircled by foliate scrolls centered by a kirttimukha mask and stupa, the reverse painted with two quatrefoil ornaments in diamond-shaped reserves, one side carved and gilt with a stupa amidst foliate scrolls and inscribed with the Tibetan letter nya
8¼ x 28 in. (21 x 71.4 cm.)
Tibet, 15th/16th Century
The recessed rectangular panel richly gilt depicting the five Tathagatas seated on lotus thrones in niches and supported by their respective mounts within beaded borders encircled by foliate scrolls centered by a kirttimukha mask and stupa, the reverse painted with two quatrefoil ornaments in diamond-shaped reserves, one side carved and gilt with a stupa amidst foliate scrolls and inscribed with the Tibetan letter nya
8¼ x 28 in. (21 x 71.4 cm.)