Sutra volume with book covers

Artwork Details

Title: Sutra volume with book covers

Dimensions: 5 1/8 x 24 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (13 x 61.6 x 21 cm)

Medium: Silver and gold on black ground paper; pigment on wood

Origin: Tibet

Classification(s): manuscripts

Date: 19th century

Credit Line: Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

Object number: SC2011.5

Currently On View: At the Brooklyn Museum, “Rubin Museum Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room”

Tibetan Regions

Region

Today, Tibetans primarily inhabit the Tibetan Plateau, situated between the Himalayan mountain range and the Indian subcontinent to the west, Chinese cultural regions to the east, and Mongolian cultural regions to the northeast. During the 7th to 9th century, Tibetan rulers expanded their empire across Central Asia, and established Buddhism as the state religion.

Artwork Details

Tibetan Regions

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