Title: Pair of Book Covers for a Buddhist Text
Object type: Book covers
Date: 12th century
Culture: North India and Tibet
Period: Pala period
Medium: Wood with traces of paint; decorative mounts of silver with gilt semiprecious stones, and gilt-copper alloy
Dimensions: Overall (each bookcover): 8 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (22.5 x 70.5 cm)
Classification: Woodwork
Credit line: Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 2005
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY