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Lot 49

A NEPALESE PAIR OF PAINTED BOOK COVERS FROM A DEVI MAHATMYA TEXT
18TH CENTURY

The covers painted on both sides, the two outer sides with four manifestations of the Goddess Durga, the two inner sides with three manifestations. The covers mounted in an open frame with bronze supports.

THE VIRTUE COLLECTION
VIEW IN SYDNEY
Each cover 15cm high, 38.cm wide. Mount 49cm high, 49cm wide

EXHIBITIONS:
Exhibited in the exhibition 'Palm Leaf and Paper - Illustrated Manuscripts of India and Southeast Asia', an exhibition in the National Gallery of Victoria, curated by John Guy in 1982, and published in a catalogue of the same name.

Estimate $1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $1,000


Exhibited in the exhibition 'Palm Leaf and Paper - Illustrated Manuscripts of India and Southeast Asia', an exhibition in the National Gallery of Victoria, curated by John Guy in 1982, and published in a catalogue of the same name.

Asian Art

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8261
6:30pm - 8 October 2018
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141

VIEWING
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6.30PM AUSTRALIAN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME


CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
asianart@leonardjoel.com.au


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