One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers of Magical Charms (Dharani)

Details

  • Title : One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers of Magical Charms (Dharani)
  • Year : 1701–1800
  • Classification : Painting
  • Medium : Pigment and metallic paint on wood
  • Dimension : 13.8 x 55.3 x 2.4 cm (5 7/16 x 21 3/4 x 1 in.)
  • Accession No : Reference Number 2004.757.2b
  • Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
  • Period : 18th century
  • Collection : The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Credit Line : Gift of Nancy Wiener
  • Status : On View Asian Art, Gallery 140
  • PROVENANCE : Gifted to the Art Institute by Nancy Wiener Gallery Incorporated, New York, December 31, 2004.
  • PUBLICATION HISTORY : Pratapaditya Pal and Julia Meech-Pekarik, Buddhist Book Illuminations (Ravi Kumar Publishers, 1988), p. 131: Fig. 49a-b, and p. 132. *Pratapaditya Pal, The Arts of Nepal, Part II, Painting (E.J. Brill, 1978), Plate 46, and pp. 52-5.