Kammavaca (Kamawasa) Manuscript Artist: Unknown

18th–19th century

Asian Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Lacquer cloth (called a "palm leaf manuscript") with black and gold lacquer; wooden covers lacquerd in red and gold

Dimensions

4 9/16 × 21 1/8 in. (11.6 × 53.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jai K. Chandrasekhar, B.A. 1987, J.D. 1997

Accession Number

2007.145.15

Culture

Burmese

Period

Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1885)

Classification

Manuscripts

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Provenance
Antiquebuddhas.com, Singapore; purchased in 1999 by Jai K. Chandrasekhar, New York.; gift in 2007 to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • John Guy, Palm-leaf and Paper: Illustrated Manuscripts of India and Southeast Asia, exh. cat. (Melbourne, Australia: National Gallery of Victoria, 1982), 61, no. 37
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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