Painted Wood Manuscript Cover, Tibetan China, 13th century style, with a horizontally long rhombus flanked by two half rhombuses in a rectangular reserve, the rhombuses decorated with floral and foliate scrolls, spirals, and ruyi clouds in sgraffito against a gilt or silver gilt ground and surrounded with a green border decorated with interlocking foliate scroll designs, slightly convex front, plain flat reverse, 11 x 28 in.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

four holes including a narrow one, age cracks and wears to wood, pigment and gilt losses, trace of repaint and retouch, numerous old surface scratches, chips, wear and tear, and scribbles to reverse with two haning hooks nailed.


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