Kammavacha: Buddhist Ordination Text
1800s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Kammavacha: Buddhist Ordination Text, 1800s. Myanmar (Burma). Cover: lacquer, gilding, and glass appliqué on wood; leaves: lacquer and gilding on cloth; covers: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1945.172 The Pali text of this manuscript is written in Burmese square script, which is also known as "tamarind seed script."
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Manuscript
- Formatted Medium
- Cover: lacquer, gilding, and glass appliqué on wood; leaves: lacquer and gilding on cloth
- Dimensions
- Covers: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1945.172
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 242B Indian Painting
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