Thai Folding Book, late 19th/early 20th century, with ninety-two leaves containing a Buddhist manuscript, possibly in Sanskrit, written in black ink on cream paper, with twenty-two religious and narrative paintings in gouache flanking certain sections, all between two black leather boards, together with an associated table of small proportions, the rectangular top raised on carved and pierced panel supports with a pierced frieze depicting bats flying amid stylized clouds, h. 45' 1", w. 20-1/4". Provenance: Estate of Carolyn G. Fay, Houston, Texas.