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Unknown
Book of Buddhist Iconography17th century

Not on view
Two narrow horizontal manuscript leaves, one illustrated with five ink-drawn crowned dancing figures and one covered in dense Devanagari script with red highlighted passages

Unknown, Book of Buddhist Iconography, 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Coles, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Book of Buddhist Iconography
Place Made
Nepal
Date Made
17th century
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 14 x 1/2 in. (8.89 x 35.56 x 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Coles
Accession Number
M.82.169.7.1-.25
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Art of Nepal. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1985.