One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of Asia

15th century

Nepal

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Five Protectors (Pancharaksha)
Place: Nepal (Object made in)
Date: 1401–1500
Medium: Pigments and metallic paint on wood
Dimensions: 5.1 × 34.6 × 0.6 cm (2 × 13 5/8 × 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Michele Wiener Caplan
Reference Number: 2004.756.6b
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Pratapaditya Pal and Julia Meech-Pekarik, Buddhist Book Illuminations (Ravi Kumar Publishers, 1988), plate 31a-b and pp. 125-126.
Pratapaditya Pal, The Arts of Nepal, Part II, Painting (E.J. Brill, 1978), Fig. 38 and p. 49-50,51.

Gifted to the Art Institute by Nancy Wiener Gallery Incorporated, New York, December 31, 2004.

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