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Burmese Kammavaca Giltwood Box, Stand, and Manuscript, 18th/19th Century
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A gorgeous Burmese carved and gold leafed teakwood stand and cover for a kammavaca manuscript, late 18th or early 19th century, Burma.
The manuscript chest is heavily rococo influenced, speaking to the French presence in the region at the time. The carved teak stand is formed as a raised platform set upon four large scrolling acanthus leaf feet, with carved flour-de-lis to the apron.
The cover for the stand is also carved from teak, and features a series of rectangular cartouches, each set with a red foil backed glass "gem", surrounded by shell inlay, and embellished with green and silver foil backed glass sequins.
The top of the cover features the same design motif, with the addition of thayo lacquer design elements, and is strongly reminiscent of Tibetan manuscript covers. The interior finished in a red lacquer.
A complete kamavaca manuscript, consisting of 16 silver leafed palm leaf pages between two wooden lacquered and gilt covers, written in black lacquer in pali script, all wrapped in a traditional burmese woven covering, is housed within the box. The manuscript probably of a later 19th century date.
- Dimensions:Height: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Width: 26 in (66.04 cm)Depth: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)
- Style:Rococo (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1800
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Very good condition for age; with rubbing to the gilding; scattered minor losses to the glass inlays; blackening to the feet where the gold leaf has been lost; the manuscript with some damage to the edges of some pages.
- Seller Location:Austin, TX
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU89474466953
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