The Jucker Collection of Himalayan Paintings

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Lot 12
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Covers of a buddhist manuscript distemper on wood nepal

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Description

  • Covers of a buddhist manuscript
  • distemper on wood
  • 2 3/4 by 10 1/2 in. (7 by 26.5 cm.)
The inner surfaces depicting the five Tathagatas and a stupa, all within red aureoles against a background of green and blue scrollwork.

Provenance

Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)

Literature

Hugo E. Kreijger, Kathmandu Valley Painting, The Jucker Collection, Boston, 1999, p. 112, no. 44.

Catalogue Note

Compare a folio from a sixteenth century Nepalese manuscript; see Pal, 1985, p. 216, P21.