a tibetan gilt-wood book cover
a tibetan gilt-wood book cover

12TH/13TH CENTURY

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a tibetan gilt-wood book cover
12th/13th century
Finely carved with a central female divinity seated on a lotus, placed on an elaborate throne, supported by a pair of figures, flanked by eight minute male deities, each seated on a lotus flower, to both sides another female figure, both below halos placed on a throne, surrounded by another eight figures, all with different attributes, painted details, the scrolling border with a central seated female divinity to one side and a triratna to the other side, one side carved with a stupa amongst foliage and the character ba
29.5 x 71 cm

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