A GROUP OF FOUR GILT AND POLYCHROMED WOODEN BOOK COVERS

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$ 11 340
Auction dateClassic
26.09.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 1028428
Lot 391 | A GROUP OF FOUR GILT AND POLYCHROMED WOODEN BOOK COVERS
Including a fifteenth-sixteenth-century gilt and polychromed wooden book cover with a central diaper pattern interspersed by the Eight Auspicious Symbols and surrounded by foliate motifs; a fifteenth-century gilt and polychromed wooden book cover with a central diaper pattern interspersed by foliate scrollwork; a fifteenth century gilt and polychromed wooden book cover with three buddhas surrounded by foliate scroll; and a fifteenth-century or later gilt and polychromed wooden book cover with a central diaper pattern with birds confronting flaming jewels at top and bottom and foliate scroll overall.
117/8 x 295/8 in. (30.2 x 75.2 cm.)
117/8 x 291/4 in. (30.2 x 74.3 cm.)
11 x 281/2 in. (27.9 x 72.4 cm.)
101/8 x 275/8 in. (25.7 x 70.2 cm.)
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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