Pair of Buddhist Manuscript Covers, 16th–17th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Polychrome and gold on wood, 4 1/4 x 16 7/8 in. (10.8 x 42.9 cm), Sculpture, Carved deeply into these wooden manuscript covers are three shrine-niches occupied by multiarmed tantric female deities wielding an array of ritual utensils and weapons. They are flanked by kneeling donor figures (above) and by Ganesha and a gana (below)
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Pair, Buddhist Manuscript Covers, 16th–17th century, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Polychrome, gold, wood, 4 1/4 x 16 7/8, 10.8 42.9 cm, Sculpture, Carved deeply, wooden manuscript, covers, three shrine-niches, occupied, multiarmed tantric, female, deities, wielding, array, ritual utensils, weapons, flanked, kneeling donor, figures, Ganesha, gana
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