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Page with Buddhist text, unknown author, Tibetan Buddhist art, Tibetan and Chinese culture, Chinese art, Buddhism, mantras, 19th century, China; Tibet, manuscript, height 17.5 cm, width 4.5 cm, A long narrow strip of thin paper with worn, frayed edges laid horizontally against a dark textured background, showing a faint rectangular inked border and a grid of repeated short vertical and horizontal marks making up rows of dense decorative script-like shapes; the paper is off-white to pale beige with areas of slightly darker discoloration, the inked marks are dark gray to black, and there is a small smudge of muted red near one short end.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A29_391

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Rights managed

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21.0Mb (1.6Mb) / 20.0in x 4.1in / 6000 x 1224 (300dpi)

Keywords

Page Buddhist text unknown author Tibetan Buddhist art Tibetan Chinese culture Chinese art Buddhism mantras 19th century China Tibet manuscript height 17.5 cm width 4.5 cm long narrow strip thin paper worn frayed edges laid horizontally dark textured background showing faint rectangular inked border grid repeated short vertical horizontal marks up rows dense decorative script- shapes paper off-white pale beige areas slightly darker discoloration inked marks dark gray black small smudge muted red near short .