A Pair of Large Gilt-Wood Manuscript Covers, Tibet, 14th Century

Property From a Private Northwestern Collection

A Pair of Large Gilt-Wood Manuscript Covers

Tibet, 14th Century

13½ by 33¾ in. (34.3 by 85.7 cm) each, (2)

a finely carved cover depicting a ritual treasure vase with emerging flowers decorated on a lotus base, surrounded by scrolling intersecting rosettes, the back cover carved with a geometric triangular motif highlighted with red polychrome details, both framed within a beaded edge, the outer border with a lotus petal design, the outer left edge carved with a kirtimukha mask between foliate scrolls articulated with the Tibetan letter kaHimalayan Art Resources item no. 13628.