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Wooden Manuscript Covers with Symbols of Sixteen Pilgrimage Sites19th century

Not on view
Two long, narrow painted wooden panels with vermillion-orange grounds, decorated with rows of gold tiered stupas and dark green architectural and botanical motifs
Two elongated lacquered manuscript covers displayed horizontally. The upper cover features dense gold floral scrollwork on a red ground with a paisley border. The lower cover depicts gold chedis (stupas) of varying sizes flanking a central shrine or reliquary form with decorative foliage, all on a vermilion red background.
Painted wooden panel with red-orange ground, depicting a stylized tree with yellow branches and dark green foliage in a tiered pedestal vase, flanked by partial stupa forms at each edge; flat, outlined brushwork with horizontal red line patterning.
Painted wooden manuscript cover with red ground, depicting a trapezoidal dark green form topped by a foot or relic, beside a striped harp-like object, flanked by stylized flowering plants rendered in gold and dark green.
Painted wooden panel with red ground, depicting two partially visible stupas in gold and olive green with black outlines, their tiered bases and tapering spires rendered in flat, linear style.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Wooden Manuscript Covers with Symbols of Sixteen Pilgrimage Sites
Place Made
Sri Lanka
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Wood with paint
Dimensions
a-b): 20 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 3/4 in. (51.75 x 5.56 x 1.91 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Pratapaditya Pal
Accession Number
M.91.300.3a-b
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Romain, Julie. "Ananda Coomaraswamy and the formation of the Sri Lanka collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Journal of the History of Collections 28 no.3 (2016): 465-478.
  • 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.