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Paperweight or box cover: underside carved with lotus and double vajra motifs

Tibetan; Nepali

Artwork Details

Paperweight or box cover: underside carved with lotus and double vajra motifs
late 19th century - early 20th century
Tibetan; Nepali
stone
1 5/8 in. x 7 15/16 in. x 4 5/8 in. ( 4.2 cm x 20.1 cm x 11.7 cm )
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Yale Ginsburg
1983/1.112

Description

Subject Matter:

A small rectangular piece of stone, possibly a paperweight or box cover, carved on the undeside with a relief image of vajra (double-pronged scepter), surrounded by a border of lotus petals.

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