NAM.1953-06-31-1

Tibetan book cover (top board), one of four, probably all volumes of the same work, from the Monastery at Gyantse, Tibet, 1903 (c). Gilt carved wooden panel, made in Tibet; collected by Major MacCarthy Reagh Emmet Ray, 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs, during the Tibet Expedition (1903-1904). Rectangular, with painted and gilt carving in deep relief; two rows of scrolls each with a seated god in different attitudes of prayer. Depicting the five cosmic buddhas

Younghusband Expedition, Tibet (1903-1904)