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TIBET, 13TH CENTURY
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A Carved Wood Manuscript Cover
Tibet, 13th Century
Carved with four bodhisattvas on each side and Buddha in the central niche on a throne backed by a stylized flame aureole surmounted by a kirttimukha mask issuing intertwining foliate scrolls comprising the inner border and framed by a beaded outer border
8 x 27¼ in. (20.6 x 69 cm.)
Tibet, 13th Century
Carved with four bodhisattvas on each side and Buddha in the central niche on a throne backed by a stylized flame aureole surmounted by a kirttimukha mask issuing intertwining foliate scrolls comprising the inner border and framed by a beaded outer border
8 x 27¼ in. (20.6 x 69 cm.)