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A BURMESE PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPT WITH COVERS, LATE 18TH CENTURY. Red lacquered wooden covers with a
A BURMESE PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPT WITH COVERS, LATE 18TH CENTURY. Red lacquered wooden covers with a
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A BURMESE PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPT WITH COVERS, LATE 18TH CENTURY. Red lacquered wooden covers with a quantity of palm leaf sheets with gilt and lacquer sides etched with Pali script. 49cm length. Provenance: From a local estate. The set was taken to The British Museum, London 1949 by the vendors family to be authenticated. A dated letter describing the items, noting a date 'given in the colophon of 1155 of the Burmese era, corresponding to AD 1793', dated 9th June 1949 from the Department of Oriental P.B. & Mss.
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A BURMESE PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPT WITH COVERS, LATE 18TH CENTURY. Red lacquered wooden covers with a

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