Lot 1051
  • 1051

A PAIR OF BUDDHIST PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPT PAGES India, Pala period, ca. 11th Century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • A PAIR OF BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Pigments on palm leaf
  • image: 2 by 15 in. (5.1 by 38.1 cm.) each, unframed

Provenance

Alice Heeramaneck, 1973.

Condition

Fragmentary as viewed. Losses at all four borders with rubbings and accretion throughout and losses to pigment in illuminated areas. Exhibited in a temporary frame.
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Catalogue Note

Compare eleventh or twelfth century eastern Indian manuscript pages from the collects ions of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, sold Replica Shoes 's New York, March 23, 2007, lot 24.

Himalayan Art Resources item no. 12951