Book cover, wood

Museum number:
9-22070
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090022070
Alternate number:
BY.T-121 and T-121 (original number)
Description:
This is a wooden book cover for a Prajñaparamita text. There are three figures carved into wood, surrounded by a border and a floral sky. Left to right they are: the Goddess Prajñaparamita, the Buddha Shakyamuni on a lion throne, and the Buddha of the Future, Maitreya. The identification of these three is fairly certain, but lack or loss of detail in the carving introduces some doubt. Wooden book covers are used typically with volumes of the Buddhas own words such as the Prajñaparamita sutras. Compara with T-190. See also: T-155, 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 3 titled Book cover, wood, accession number 9-22070, described as This is a wooden book cover for a Prajñaparamita text. There are three figures carved into wood, surrounded by a border and a floral sky. Left to right they are: the Goddess Prajñaparamita, the Buddha Shakyamuni on a lion throne, and the Buddha of the Future, Maitreya. The identification of these three is fairly certain, but lack or loss of detail in the carving introduces some doubt. Wooden book covers are used typically with volumes of the Buddhas own words such as the Prajñaparamita sutras. Compara with T-190. See also: T-155, etc..Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Book cover, wood, accession number 9-22070, described as This is a wooden book cover for a Prajñaparamita text. There are three figures carved into wood, surrounded by a border and a floral sky. Left to right they are: the Goddess Prajñaparamita, the Buddha Shakyamuni on a lion throne, and the Buddha of the Future, Maitreya. The identification of these three is fairly certain, but lack or loss of detail in the carving introduces some doubt. Wooden book covers are used typically with volumes of the Buddhas own words such as the Prajñaparamita sutras. Compara with T-190. See also: T-155, etc..Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Book cover, wood, accession number 9-22070, described as This is a wooden book cover for a Prajñaparamita text. There are three figures carved into wood, surrounded by a border and a floral sky. Left to right they are: the Goddess Prajñaparamita, the Buddha Shakyamuni on a lion throne, and the Buddha of the Future, Maitreya. The identification of these three is fairly certain, but lack or loss of detail in the carving introduces some doubt. Wooden book covers are used typically with volumes of the Buddhas own words such as the Prajñaparamita sutras. Compara with T-190. See also: T-155, etc..

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