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TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
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A CARVED GILT MANUSCRIPT COVER
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
The central panel carved in recess with a snow lion figure enclosed within a foliate scroll and flanked by two further scrolls within a beaded frame, all surrounded by a lotus petal border, one edge with carved lotus scrolls, the reverse with trances of red polychromy and a repeating black circle motif
28 x 11¼ in. (69.8 x 26 cm.)
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
The central panel carved in recess with a snow lion figure enclosed within a foliate scroll and flanked by two further scrolls within a beaded frame, all surrounded by a lotus petal border, one edge with carved lotus scrolls, the reverse with trances of red polychromy and a repeating black circle motif
28 x 11¼ in. (69.8 x 26 cm.)