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A FINELY CARVED PRAJNAPARAMITA MANUSCRIPT COVER A CARVED MANUSCRIPT COVER
TIBET, 14TH CENTURY TIBET, 13TH CENTURY
17¡ x 5√ x æ in. (44.1 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm.) 14√ x 5¬ x ¬ in. (37.8 x 14.4. x 1.6 cm.)

$10,000-15,000 $5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
Acquired in Hong Kong, early 1990s, by repute. Acquired in France, 1991.
This fnely carved manuscript cover depicts Vairochana, Amitayus, Prajnaparamita, Vairochana, and Buddha Shakyamuni grace the cover of
Prajnaparamita, Jambhala, and Buddha Shakyamuni. The verso is painted this early carved manuscript, likely from the thirteenth century. For another
with images of the four additional tathagata and bares an abraded inscription manuscript cover of a similar style dated to the twelfth or thirteenth century,
that would have provided the title of the religious text or pecha within. The see K. Selig Brown, Protecting Wisdom: Tibetan Book Covers from the
style throne atop which the rightmost and leftmost fgures (Vairochana, MacLean Collection, Munich, 2012, p. 49, fg. 4.
and Buddha Shakyamuni) sit depict forward-facing animal faces, which are
representative elements of a Tibetan style of iconography associated with the
fourteenth century.

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