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Top cover of a Buddhist manuscript
In carved wood featurin…

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TIBET XVe SIÈCLE Top cover of a Buddhist manuscript In carved wood featuring the Buddha Shakyamuni seated beneath a torana populated by the Six Paramitas, flanked by Manjusri and an unidentified jina on a background of dense scrolls. Surrounded by lotus petal motifs. Dim. 10.9 x 36.4 cm

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TIBET XVe SIÈCLE Top cover of a Buddhist manuscript In carved wood featuring the Buddha Shakyamuni seated beneath a torana populated by the Six Paramitas, flanked by Manjusri and an unidentified jina on a background of dense scrolls. Surrounded by lotus petal motifs. Dim. 10.9 x 36.4 cm

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A PAIR OF BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPTS WITH COVERS A PAIR OF BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPTS WITH COVERS Tibet, late 19 th to early 20 th century. Ink and watercolor on paper. The larger manuscript with extensive text on numerous folios written within a red-ink border, its cover inlaid with precious stones and repoussé Buddhist figures, while the wood interior is painted with five buddhas; the smaller manuscript with finely written text, charts, and illustrations, its cover worked in repoussé with the eight auspicious Buddhist emblems and a landscape scene with a crowd of disciples gathered around the teaching Buddha, the wood interior left plain. Condition: Overall good condition with wear, minor losses to inlays, small dents, scratches, small tears, soiling, and minor losses. Provenance: Old German private collection. Weight: 1,967 and 933 g Dimensions: Length 38.5 and 33.2 cm Early Tibetan books derive their format from the long, narrow pieces of dried palm leaf that serve as their pages. The horizontal leaves were not bound together but, rather, kept in sequence by strings that passed through holes. These, in turn, were aligned with others inside wood and metal covers, which kept the pages flat and safe when the book was stored. The inside surfaces of these covers were often richly illuminated with groups of deities and, less frequently, scenes from the Buddha's life. Usually, little correspondence can be found between the subject of the paintings and the text recorded in the manuscripts.

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