Book cover, wood

Museum number:
9-22008
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-156 and T-156 (original number)
Description:
This is a wooden book cover for a Buddhist text.There are three figures carved into wood, surrounded by a border and a floral sky. These are the Three Great Lords (rigs gsum mgon po). Left to right they are: Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Vajrapani. See also T-121, T-155, T-157, etc.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
7.0 Use not specified (Communication, Records, Currency, and Measures)
Production date:
18th-19th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Book cover, wood, accession number 9-22008, described as This is a wooden book cover for a Buddhist text.There are three figures carved into wood, surrounded by a border and a floral sky. These are the Three Great Lords (rigs gsum mgon po). Left to right they are: Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Vajrapani. See also T-121, T-155, T-157, etc.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Book cover, wood, accession number 9-22008, described as This is a wooden book cover for a Buddhist text.There are three figures carved into wood, surrounded by a border and a floral sky. These are the Three Great Lords (rigs gsum mgon po). Left to right they are: Manjushri, Avalokiteshvara, and Vajrapani. See also T-121, T-155, T-157, etc.

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