Lot no. 117
117. Sixteen gilt and lacquer leaves, and two gilded wood cover-boards, from a Kammavaca religious manuscript (comprising regulations governing monks)
Burma, late 19th Century/early 20th Century
wood coated with lacquer, text written in Pali script in black lacquer, front and back, some leaves with gilt endpieces depicting deities flanking the text area, the text interspersed and bordered with undulating floral and vegetal motifs in gold on an orange ground, with two gilded wood bookcovers
9 x 54 cm.
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Arts of the Middle East and the Mediterranean
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