Lot n° 440
Estimation :
80 - 120
EUR
Burma, late 19th-early 20th century - Lot 440
Burma, late 19th-early 20th century
Kammavaca leaf inscribed in brown lacquer, in Pali in the Burmese angular script, on a gold-lacquered palm leaf, the background decorated with scrolls in red.
(Framed under glass)
Dim. 12.8 x 57 cm
Note: Kammavaca were Buddhist ordination manuscripts, given by families to temples on the occasion of a son's ordination, and comprised sixteen leaves and two wooden covers.
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