TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

Name: A FINELY CARVED WOODEN PRAJNAPARAMITA MANUSCRIPT COVER
Brand: TIBET, 14TH CENTURY
Price: 2200.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 2,772

Estimate

USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

Closed: 28 Sep 2022

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A FINELY CARVED WOODEN PRAJNAPARAMITA MANUSCRIPT COVER

TIBET, 14TH CENTURY

Price Realised USD 2,772

Closed: 28 Sep 2022

Price Realised USD 2,772

Closed: 28 Sep 2022

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17³⁄₈ x 5⁷⁄₈ x 3/4 in. (44.1 x 14.9 x 1.9 cm.)

Acquired in Hong Kong, early 1990s, by repute.

Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24570.

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Lot Essay

This finely carved manuscript cover depicts Vairochana, Amitayus, Prajnaparamita, Jambhala, and Buddha Shakyamuni. The verso is painted with images of the four additional and bares an abraded inscription that would have provided the title of the religious text or 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.