A CARVED WOOD AND POLYCHROME BOOK COVER Tibet, 12th or early 13th Century

the inner face painted with blue Achala at the left wearing a tiger skin tied at the waist, standing with a khadga in his raised right hand with the left in tarjani mudra holding a pasa, stepping in pratyalidhasana on a lotus against a halo of flames; white Avalokiteshvara with right hand lowered in varadamudra and the left holding the stem of a lotus, seated in lalitasana on a lotus pedestal with a green cushion behind; golden Manjuvajra with red and green faces showing either side, principal hands in humkara mudra and holding from left the sara, khadga, nilotpala, chapa, and seated on a lotus against a red halo; red Hayagriva to the right with a horse head in the flaming hair, wearing a tiger skin around the waist, a danda held in the raised right hand with the left in tarjani mudra

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 18455.
4 1/4 by 17 in. (11 by 43 cm)