A PALM-LEAF MANUSCRIPT IN ITS WOODEN CASE PROPERTY FROM
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A PALM-LEAF MANUSCRIPT IN ITS WOODEN CASE
PROPERTY FROM THE STEPHEN KEYNES COLLECTION
Orissa, Eastern India, 19th century
Indian manuscript on palm leaves, 86 palm leaves of non-illustrated Brahmanic discourses inscribed in Pali, text on recto and verso, three binding holes per each palm leaf, the manuscript held together by a string to the centre hole, 52cm x 3.5cm each leaf, 59cm x 11.5cm x 6cm the wooden case.
Provenance: Stephen Keynes (1927 – 2017), acquired at Spink & Son and other London dealers in the 1960's.
For a similar though earlier Orissan manuscript, please see Christie's New York, 5 December 2006, lot 188.
PROPERTY FROM THE STEPHEN KEYNES COLLECTION
Orissa, Eastern India, 19th century
Indian manuscript on palm leaves, 86 palm leaves of non-illustrated Brahmanic discourses inscribed in Pali, text on recto and verso, three binding holes per each palm leaf, the manuscript held together by a string to the centre hole, 52cm x 3.5cm each leaf, 59cm x 11.5cm x 6cm the wooden case.
Provenance: Stephen Keynes (1927 – 2017), acquired at Spink & Son and other London dealers in the 1960's.
For a similar though earlier Orissan manuscript, please see Christie's New York, 5 December 2006, lot 188.
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A PALM-LEAF MANUSCRIPT IN ITS WOODEN CASE PROPERTY FROM
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