Pair of Book Covers for a Buddhist Text
Unknown Artist
12th century
Medium
Wood with traces of paint; decorative mounts of silver with gilt semiprecious stones, and gilt-copper alloy
Dimensions
Overall (each bookcover): 8 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (22.5 x 70.5 cm)
Classification
Woodwork
Culture & Period
North India and Tibet · Pala period
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 2005
Accession Number
2005.436.1a, b