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Book Cover

CultureTibetan
Date15th century
MediumWood, gold leaf, and red lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 9 × 27 5/8 × 1 1/2 inches (22.86 × 70.17 × 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.155
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Terms
DescriptionA book cover with a central figure, possibly Padmasambhava, surrounded by 84 Buddhas.Provenance

With Ian Alsop of Peaceful Wind Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, by November 2000;

Purchased from Ian Alsop of Peaceful Winds Gallery by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), November 2000-2010;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

Published References
Pal, Pratapaditya. Tibet Tradition and Change. Exh. cat. Albuquerque: Albuquerque Museum, Oct. 18, 1997-Jan. 18, 1998,
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