Pair of Manuscript Covers

Sri Lanka (Kandy or Colombo district)

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These wood covers for a palm-leaf manuscript (ola) are illustrated with scenes of the Buddha's mahaparanirvana, his great passing into nirvana at the moment of his mortal death. Finely decorated manuscripts were routinely commissioned by devout laity and presented to monasteries as a merit-earning act.

Pair of Manuscript Covers, Wood with polychrome, Sri Lanka (Kandy or Colombo district)

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Pair of Manuscript Covers, Wood with polychrome, Sri Lanka (Kandy or Colombo district)
Pair of Manuscript Covers, Wood with polychrome, Sri Lanka (Kandy or Colombo district)

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