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TIBET, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
细节
A Carved and Painted Wood Manuscript Cover
Tibet, circa 13th Century
The exterior elaborately carved with floral medallion at center encircled by scrolling vines and further surrounded by two beaded borders enclosing mythical creatures below and a kirttimukha mask above within scrollwork; one side carved with scrollwork; the interior painted with leafy vines issuing from the mouth of a makara at center against a red ground with a border depicting the Astamangala (partially abraided)
10¼ x 27¾ in. (26.1 x 70.4 cm.)
Tibet, circa 13th Century
The exterior elaborately carved with floral medallion at center encircled by scrolling vines and further surrounded by two beaded borders enclosing mythical creatures below and a kirttimukha mask above within scrollwork; one side carved with scrollwork; the interior painted with leafy vines issuing from the mouth of a makara at center against a red ground with a border depicting the Astamangala (partially abraided)
10¼ x 27¾ in. (26.1 x 70.4 cm.)