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Book Cover with Three Bodhisattvas

Book Cover with Three Bodhisattvas, 12th century (?)

Tibet, 1101-1200
Painted wood
8-1/2 x 27 x 1-1/4 in. (21.6 x 68.6 x 3.2 cm)
Norton Simon Art Foundation, from the Estate of Jennifer Jones Simon
M.2010.1.158.S
© Norton Simon Art Foundation

Not on View

The central figure of this book cover is Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion and the patron deity of Tibet. He is seated in meditation and holds a rosary and a flower. The figure to his right is Manjusri, wielding a sword, while to his left is an angry form of Vajrapani, who stands militantly, brandishing a thunderbolt.


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