Book Cover

Object Number:

A1443

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Tibetan
Tibetan Buddhist

Provenience:

Tibet

Date Made:

19th Century

Early Date:

1800

Late Date:

1899

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Gold
Wood
Pigment

Technique:

Painted

Iconography:

Seated Buddha

Description:

Wooden book cover. Carved frieze containing 3 seated buddhas. Painted in red and gold.

Credit Line:

Purchased from George Lagai, Kny-Sheerer & Company

Other Number:

11	-	Other Number
GETZ 144	-	Other Number

Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)

Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914)

[Article] Bishop, C. W. 1914. Tibetan Sacred Art. The Museum Journal. Volume V (No. 4): 189-205. : Page/Fig./Plate: 189-205

[Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg.14 No. 2