Buddhist Manuscript Cover with the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Manjushri

Buddhist Manuscript Cover with the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Manjushri

c. 1300 · Tibet

Wood with traces of gilding

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Pratapaditya Pal

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