A WOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER WITH FIVE DEITIES

Description:

Tibet, ca. 15th ct.
73,5 x 24,5 x 2,3 cm
The rectangular panel sculpted with five various deities at the central part, including two Buddha figures and two bodhisattvas flanking probably the four-armed Sadaksharilokeshvara, all seated in vajrasana on a stepped throne placed on a scrolling tendril, the hands showing various gestures and within a flaming border, the reverse deprived of any decoration, traces of gilding.
Property from the Tibet and Asian collection of the Swabian Kienzle brothers, assembled between 1965 and 1986
Traces of age, partly chipped