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Antique Burmese Gilt Lacquered Kammavaca Manuscript

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Antique Burmese Gilt Lacquered Kammavaca Manuscript, Consisting of 2 lacquered wood end covers and 16 double sided folios of lacquered cloth in red and black with gold leaf. This Kammacava manuscript is ornamental with thickly applied lacquer and gilded shwe zawa decorations including dewa figures on both covers and some of the leaves. The Buddhist ordination text is in Pali written in ornate black “tamarind seed” Burmese square script. A Kammavaca of this type is commissioned by the devout, as a work of merit to be presented to monasteries when a son enters the Buddhist order or becomes ordained as a monk. The text usually is the monastic code of discipline. Condition: One corner of an end page with a small chip and the rest of the pages with minor abrasions and a few cracks, . The wood covers each with one minor corner chip, some areas of the gold leaf rubbed, otherwise fine condition overall. Measuring Overall: 24.25 inches long x 5.5 in. wide x 1.75 in. high (615x 140 x 45 mm) Weight: 6 lbs. 26oz. (2881g.) 19th century. Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles For similar examples see: -Noel F. Singer, Arts of Asia May/Jun 1993, Kammavaca Texts, Their Covers and Binding Ribbons. pp. 97 - 106. -New York Public Library, Spencer Collection, Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fe4bc580-c6cf-012f-028d-58d385a7bc34 -Zacke Vienna, Asian Art Discoveries January 23, 2021, p.393, lot1324. -British Library, Add MS 15289 & Or 12010a -Christie’s South Kensington, 26 April 2012, Islamic and Indian Works of Art & Textiles, lot 515.

Dimensions:

Height: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)Width: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Depth: 24.25 in (61.6 cm)

Style:

Other (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Fabric,Gold Leaf,Lacquer,Wood,Lacquered

Place of Origin:

Myanmar

Period:

19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

19th Century

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. One corner of an end page with a small chip and the rest of the pages with minor abrasions and a few cracks, . The wood covers each with one minor corner chip, some areas of the gold leaf rubbed, otherwise fine condition overall.

Seller Location:

Point Richmond, CA

Reference Number:

Seller: TM-CK000011stDibs: LU1778243714942

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