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TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
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A polychrome and parcel-gilt wood manuscript cover
Tibet, 14th century
Painted with a central panel of Buddha Shakyamuni seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, surrounded by eighty-four Bodhisattvas in rectangular niches on stylized lotus thrones arranged in horizontal registers, each wearing a six-pronged tiara, the Buddha in a meditative expression wearing an elaborate checkered sanghati and with a flaming nimbus, all on a ground of bright orange, the outer edge carved with kirttimukha mask surrounded by scrollwork
27 x 9 in. (70 x 23 cm.)
Tibet, 14th century
Painted with a central panel of Buddha Shakyamuni seated in dhyanasana on a lotus base, surrounded by eighty-four Bodhisattvas in rectangular niches on stylized lotus thrones arranged in horizontal registers, each wearing a six-pronged tiara, the Buddha in a meditative expression wearing an elaborate checkered sanghati and with a flaming nimbus, all on a ground of bright orange, the outer edge carved with kirttimukha mask surrounded by scrollwork
27 x 9 in. (70 x 23 cm.)