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TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
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A Wood and Polychrome Manuscript Cover
Tibet, 15th Century
Finely carved in recessed rectangular panels depicting the astamangala and various royal emblems on lotuses encircled by tendrils emanating from an amrita vase at center and surrounded by beaded and stylized petal borders; one side carved with four stupas and syllables in Lantsa script
9¼ x 26¼ in. (23.5 x 66.7 cm.)
Tibet, 15th Century
Finely carved in recessed rectangular panels depicting the astamangala and various royal emblems on lotuses encircled by tendrils emanating from an amrita vase at center and surrounded by beaded and stylized petal borders; one side carved with four stupas and syllables in Lantsa script
9¼ x 26¼ in. (23.5 x 66.7 cm.)