Nepalese Shaivite Book Cover with Three Deities

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An early Nepalese Shaivite painted book cover, 12th/13th century, the thin wooden book cover painted with three mandorla surrounded deities, the central deity being Shiva and Parvathi with Nandi, flanked by Sons Ganesh to the left and Kartikeya to the right. The exterior with remnant painted scrolling foliage, the Virtue Collection, 5 cm high, 35 cm wide

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