19th May, 2023 13:00
Asian Art I
A LARGE BURMESE BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT, KAMMAVACA
OFFERED ON BEHALF OF PROSPECT BURMA TO BENEFIT EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
A LARGE BURMESE BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT, KAMMAVACA
Konbaung Dynasty, 19th Century
Composed of sixteen red-lacquered and gilded palm-leaf folios, each with 6ll. in Burmese tamarind seed script, the text on each end leaf flanked with panels depicting standing deities within borders of curling leafy patterns, the reverse of each end leaf with similar designs and including chinthe lions, all housed within two lacquered and gilt-decorated wood covers,
57.7cm long
(18)
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PROVENANCE:
Collection of Prospect Burma, UK; previously donated by Elizabeth Barraclough, OBE, in May 2004.
Elizabeth Barraclough (1912-2006) worked in the British Foreign Service, and was posted to Singapore and Canton before being re-assigned to Burma, where she lived in the then-capital Rangoon. Her accomplishments during her eight-year stint earnt her advancement to OBE in 1956.
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