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PROPERTY FROM THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
A gilt and polychrome wooden manuscript cover
TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
Details
A gilt and polychrome wooden manuscript cover
Tibet, 15th Century
With Shakyamuni Buddha seated on a double-lotus base at center with his hands in bhumisparsamudra and dressed in a sanghati, backed by an aureole and flanked by rearing animals with kneeling figures and lions below, further flanked by lamas within niches, all interspersed with foliate scrolling
27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm.) high
Tibet, 15th Century
With Shakyamuni Buddha seated on a double-lotus base at center with his hands in bhumisparsamudra and dressed in a sanghati, backed by an aureole and flanked by rearing animals with kneeling figures and lions below, further flanked by lamas within niches, all interspersed with foliate scrolling
27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, New York, since 1997
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