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Auction archive: Lot number 224

Exotic Book Lot, Five Far and Middle East Manuscripts, Texts, and Scroll.Exotic Book Lot, Five Far and Middle East Manuscripts, Texts, and Scroll.

Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$461
Auction archive: Lot number 224

Exotic Book Lot, Five Far and Middle East Manuscripts, Texts, and Scroll.Exotic Book Lot, Five Far and Middle East Manuscripts, Texts, and Scroll.

Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$461
Beschreibung:

Exotic Book Lot, Five Far and Middle East Manuscripts, Texts, and Scroll. Including two Nepalese manuscripts with miniatures: one accordion-style, with worn paper covers, text in Sanskrit, with brightly painted miniatures, 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.; the other likely a fragment, with nine black leaves inscribed in Sanskrit in white and gold ink, with red painted and carved wooden boards, the insides with finely executed paintings of the Buddha and other deities, leaves loose and boards detached, 7 x 3 in.; one miniature Sanskrit manuscript with eight miniatures, 3 x 2 in.; one Sanskrit scroll; and one miniature Ottoman manuscript in a leather binding, 2 1/2 x 2 in. (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 224
Auction:
Datum:
16 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Exotic Book Lot, Five Far and Middle East Manuscripts, Texts, and Scroll. Including two Nepalese manuscripts with miniatures: one accordion-style, with worn paper covers, text in Sanskrit, with brightly painted miniatures, 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.; the other likely a fragment, with nine black leaves inscribed in Sanskrit in white and gold ink, with red painted and carved wooden boards, the insides with finely executed paintings of the Buddha and other deities, leaves loose and boards detached, 7 x 3 in.; one miniature Sanskrit manuscript with eight miniatures, 3 x 2 in.; one Sanskrit scroll; and one miniature Ottoman manuscript in a leather binding, 2 1/2 x 2 in. (5)

Auction archive: Lot number 224
Auction:
Datum:
16 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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