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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Raphy Star Collection of Important Asian Art
• Sale Date:
  11 Dec 2016 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  64
• Lot Description:
  A Tibetan Polychrome And Gilt- Wood Sutra Cover, 15/16th-17th Century
  finely carved with a central figure of Buddha in teaching mudra, Amitayus holding a flask to his left and a four-armed Avalokitesvara to his right, surrounding the three deities are yogis and other deities, a continuous lotus scroll in gilt on a red lacquer ground bordering the central panel
  24 cm high, 67.5 cm wide
• Provenance:
  Soo Tze Oriental Antiques
• References:
  see Spink, “Light of Compassion, Buddhist Art from Nepal and Tibet”, October 1997, cat no 39, pages 72-73 for a very similar book cover dated 15th century
• Estimate:
  A$8,000 - 12,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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