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A Tibetan polychrome and gilt-wood Sutra cover, 15/16th-17th…
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Sydney
Date:
11-Dec-2016
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Description:
A Tibetan polychrome and gilt-wood Sutra cover, 15/16th-17th century, finely carved with a central figure of Buddha in teaching mudra, Amitayus holding a flask to his left and a four-armed Avalokitesvara to his right, surrounding the three deities are yogis and other deities, a continuous lotus scroll in gilt on a red lacquer ground bordering the central panel, 24 cm high, 67.5 cm wide. Reference: see Spink, 'Light of Compassion, Buddhist Art from Nepal and Tibet', October 1997, cat no 39, pages 72-73 for a very similar book cover dated 15th century. Provenance: Soo Tze Oriental Antiques
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Unclassified