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TIBET, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Details
A painted wood book cover with the Five Tathagatas
Tibet, 12th/13th century
Finely carved with Vairochana at center seated on a lotus base over a lion throne with deer and a vajra and surmounted by a Garuda torana, with Akshobhya and Ratnasambhava at left and Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi at right, each seated on a lotus blossom over a throne and surmounted by a kirttimukha torana, all within a beaded band and lotiform border
28 in. (71.1 cm.) wide
Tibet, 12th/13th century
Finely carved with Vairochana at center seated on a lotus base over a lion throne with deer and a vajra and surmounted by a Garuda torana, with Akshobhya and Ratnasambhava at left and Amitabha and Amoghasiddhi at right, each seated on a lotus blossom over a throne and surmounted by a kirttimukha torana, all within a beaded band and lotiform border
28 in. (71.1 cm.) wide
Provenance
Private collection, Europe, acquired in London, 23 November 1987
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