Pair of Buddhist Manuscript Covers with Six Palm Leaf Folios

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Pair of Buddhist Manuscript Covers with Six Palm Leaf Folios

Sri Lanka, late 18th-early 19th century

Fragments

Covers: silver; Folios: palm leaf

Covers: 2 3/4 x 24 x 3/4 in.; 6.99 x 60.96 x 1.905 cm; Pages: 2 1/2 x 23 9/16 in.E; 6.35 x 59.8488 cm

Herbert R. Cole Collection (M.84.31.542a-h)

South and Southeast Asian Art

Not currently on public view

Bibliography

Pal, Pratapaditya; R. Brown; R. Fisher; G. Kuwayama; Amy G. Poster. Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art. ed. Dean, Lynne. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
Menzies, Jackie, ed. Buddha: Radiant Awakening. Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2001.

Pal, Pratapaditya; R. Brown; R. Fisher; G. Kuwayama; Amy G. Poster. Light of Asia: Buddha Sakyamuni in Asian Art. ed. Dean, Lynne. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
Menzies, Jackie, ed. Buddha: Radiant Awakening. Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2001.
Xingyun, editor. Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts. Los Angeles: Buddha's Light Publications USA, 2018.
Brown, Robert L., Tushara Bindu Gude, Donald Stadtner, and Lakshika Senarath Gamage. The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2018.

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Exhibition history

The Way of the Elders: The Buddha in Modern Theravada Traditions Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 2, 2011 - July 29, 2012