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LATE 16TH CENTURY
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a pair of nepalese wood buddhist bookcovers
late 16th century
Both wooden covers painted at the inside with a miniature temple representing Svayambunath, and the five Transcendental Buddha's, Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya, Vairocana, Amitabha and Amoghasiddha, each seated on a lotus, their hands in the prescribed posture and colour
7 x 26.5 cm (2)
late 16th century
Both wooden covers painted at the inside with a miniature temple representing Svayambunath, and the five Transcendental Buddha's, Ratnasambhava, Akshobhya, Vairocana, Amitabha and Amoghasiddha, each seated on a lotus, their hands in the prescribed posture and colour
7 x 26.5 cm (2)