A TIBETAN LACQUER AND GILT-WOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER. Tibet, 19th Century. Carved in low relief with the five Tathgathas (five Great Buddhas), each seated on a lotus throne elevated on a platform supported by pairs of different symbolic animals and beneath a pointing arch, the central figure of Vairocana surrounded by protective mythical beasts, Garuda perched above his head, all on a ground of meaty foliage and within borders of beads and leafy scrolls, 72.5 x 21cm. 西藏十九世紀 木雕朱漆描金五智如來經板