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Book of Iconography1400-1450

Not on view
Four aged parchment manuscript strips with black ink drawings of deities, guardian figures, and heads, with touches of red and blue pigment and script annotations

Unknown, Book of Iconography, 1400-1450, 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 Iconography
Place Made
Nepal
Date Made
1400-1450
Medium
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions
2 5/8 x 8 1/2 x 1/2 in. (6.66 x 21.59 x 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Coles
Accession Number
M.82.169.14
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.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya; Dehejia, Vidya; Slusser, Mary Shepherd; Fisher, Robert E.; Brown, Robert L. Arts of Asia 15 (6): 68-125 (November- December 1985).