One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)

Details

  • Title : One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)
  • Year : 1401–1500
  • Classification : Painting
  • Medium : Pigments and metallic paint on wood
  • Dimension : 5.1 x 34.6 x 0.6 cm (2 x 13 5/8 x 1/4 in.)
  • Accession No : Reference Number 2004.756.6a
  • Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
  • Period : 15th century
  • Collection : The Art Institute of Chicago
  • Credit Line : Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan
  • Status : Currently Off View
  • PROVENANCE : Gifted to the Art Institute by Nancy Wiener Gallery Incorporated, New York, December 31, 2004.
  • PUBLICATION HISTORY : Pal, Pratapaditya and Julia Meech-Pekarik. Buddhist Book Illuminations. New York, Hong Kong: Ravi Kumar Publishers, 1988), plate 31a-b and pp. 125-126. *Pal, Pratapaditya. The Arts of Nepal, Part II, Painting. Leiden/Koln: E.J. Brill, 1978, Fig. 38 and p. 49-50, 51.