A gilt and polychromed wooden manuscript cover
A gilt and polychromed wooden manuscript cover

TIBET, 16TH CENTURY

Details
A gilt and polychromed wooden manuscript cover
Tibet, 16th century
Maitreya seated in a niche nestled amid scrolling vines, with a beaded border surrounded by red and gold lotus petals
10½ x 27 3/8 in. (26.7 x 69.4 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, Munich, formed in the 1970s
Onno Janssens Collection, Netherlands, acquired from Nagel in Stuttgart, May 2001, lot 3011

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