TWO PAINTED WOODEN BOOK COVERS

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Auction dateClassic
26.09.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 1028401
Lot 365 | TWO PAINTED WOODEN BOOK COVERS
Including a seventeenth-century gilt-decorated and painted wooden book cover with two lamas in discussion at center flanked by Green Tara and Vaishravana at left and Panjarnata Mahakala and Jambhala at right; and a seventeenth-eighteenth-century painted wooden book cover with images of Buddha Shakyamuni and Shadakshari Lokeshvara at left and right, respectively, with additional images of Buddha Shakyamuni surrounded by the Sixteen Arhats, the attendant Dharmatala, the patron Hvashang, and a Nyingma lama.
85/8 x 253/8 in. (21.9 x 64.5 cm.)
61/4 x 201/8 in. (15.9 x 51.1 cm.)
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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