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Priest's Manual15th century

Not on view
Six stacked painted wooden manuscript panels with rounded ends, featuring rows of stylized figures in red, yellow, and teal on a worn parchment-colored ground, in a South or Southeast Asian painting tradition
Set of six worn manuscript leaves in horizontal format, stacked vertically, with Devanagari or related Indic script throughout. Decorated with diagrams including concentric circles, a lotus mandala, a winged deity figure in red and blue, grid charts with colored squares, and circular wheel diagrams. Aged, yellowed surfaces with flaking pigment.

Unknown, Priest's Manual, 15th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Emeritus Professor and Mrs. Thomas O. Ballinger, photo @ Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Priest's Manual
Place Made
Nepal
Date Made
15th century
Medium
Opaque watercolor and ink on paper
Dimensions
Page: 2 1/2 x 6 in. (6.35 x 15.24 cm); Overall: 2 1/2 x 6 x 1/4 in. (6.35 x 15.24 x .635 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Emeritus Professor and Mrs. Thomas O. Ballinger
Accession Number
M.89.129.4
Classification
Books
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art