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A WOOD PRAJNAPARAMITA MANUSCRIPT COVER TWO WOOD PRAJNAPARAMITA MANUSCRIPT COVERS
Tibet, 13th century Tibet, 13th-15th century
With enthroned Shakyamuni, Prajnaparamita and Vairochana Both with enthroned Prajnaparamita, Shakyamuni, and Vairochana
alternating between lush foliate scrolls populated by birds and animals; flanked by diminutive buddhas; the later, larger cover carved more
the left edge with Shakyamuni between two stupas; the right edge prescriptively and with a kirtimukha on the right edge; the earlier,
with three stupas, with traces of polychromy and gilding throughout. smaller cover carved more spontaneously and with three buddhas on
5 x 20 1/4in (12.7 x 51.5 cm) the right edge.
$2,000 - 3,000 11 1/4 x 28 7/8in (28.6 x 73.3cm) dimensions of the larger
$2,000 - 3,000
Compare to another sutra cover exhibited at the National Museum of
History, Taiwan, see Fa Shen Fan Xiang, Taipei, 2012, p.151, no.104. Provenance
acquired in London, mid 1980s
Provenance
acquired in London, mid 1980s
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