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Photo of collection object Buddhist Manuscript — Buddhist Manuscript, c. 1700. Covers: Gum tempera on wood; pages: charcoal on palm leaves, Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). Educational Purchase Fund, 1949.227. CC0.

Buddhist Manuscript

c. 1700

Maker Unknown

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Buddhist Manuscript, c. 1700. Sri Lanka. Covers: Gum tempera on wood; pages: charcoal on palm leaves; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund 1949.227 The text is written in Sinhalese script.

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Manuscript
Formatted Medium: Covers: Gum tempera on wood; pages: charcoal on palm leaves
Medium: covers, gum, tempera, wood, pages, charcoal, palm, leaves
Dimensions: Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Departments: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Accession Number: 1949.227
Credit Line: Educational Purchase Fund
Exhibitions: Text and Image in Southern Asia (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)
Rights Statement: CC0
Museum Location: 242B Indian Painting

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