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Sutra cover with Lantsha script

1736-1795

Chinese

These yellow tapestry book covers are in Lantsha, a Tibetan script often used to transliterate Sanskrit.

Silk tapestry

4 5/16 x 13 5/8 in. (10.99 x 34.61 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

33.560.1

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, The Asia Society, The Word and The Image: Illuminated Buddhist Manuscripts, Apr. 9 - June 7, 1987.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view Feb. 8, 2020 - Nov. 28, 2021].

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Sutra cover with Lantsha script

Sutra cover with Lantsha script

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