Pair of Manuscript Covers

Pair of Manuscript Covers

Patron Srinivasa Malla (r. 1661-1684)

Details

  • Title : Pair of Manuscript Covers
  • Year : 17th century
  • Classification : Manuscript
  • Medium : Opaque watercolor, gold, wood
  • Dimension : H x W x D: 12.6 x 25.5 x 1.1 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/16 x 7/16 in)
  • Accession No : S1995.91a-b
  • Country/ Geo-location : Nepal
  • Collection : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Credit Line : Anonymous gift
  • Previous custodian or owner : Anonymous
  • Provenance : From 1967 to 1995 Private collector, purchased in Patan, Nepal, in 1967 [1] ......From 1995 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by a private collector in 1995
  • Notes: : According to the donor, these covers were purchased on October 8, 1967 in Patan, former capital of the Patan Kingdom, Nepal, and once protected a now unidentifiable but surely brahmanical text. They entered the United States in early 1970 (according to Provenance Remark 1, Vidya Dehejia, March 16, 1995, in the object record).