This finely carved manuscript cover depicts Vairochana, Amitayus, Prajnaparamita, Jambhala, and Buddha Shakyamuni. The verso is painted with images of the four additional tathagata and bares an abraded inscription that would have provided the title of the religious text or pecha within. The style throne atop which the rightmost and leftmost figures (Vairochana, and Buddha Shakyamuni) sit depict forward-facing animal faces, which are representative elements of a Tibetan style of iconography associated with the fourteenth century.
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