A LARGE GROUP OF ILLUSTRATED DOUBLE-SIDED FOLIOS FROM A KALPASUTRA...
A LARGE GROUP OF ILLUSTRATED DOUBLE-SIDED FOLIOS FROM A KALPASUTRA MANUSCRIPT
PROBABLY GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Comprising 88ff., each with 7ll. black and red Pali, horizontal red and gold rules, illustrations in opaque pigments heightened with gold, gold, blue and red marginal medallions
Each 4 ½ x 11 ¾in. (11.5 x 30cm.)
Provenance
By repute, Spink & Son, before 1985
Anon. sale, 25 Blythe Road (Olympia Auctions) London, 4-7 November 2013, lot 221
A LARGE GROUP OF ILLUSTRATED DOUBLE-SIDED FOLIOS FROM A KALPASUTRA MANUSCRIPT
PROBABLY GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Comprising 88ff., each with 7ll. black and red Pali, horizontal red and gold rules, illustrations in opaque pigments heightened with gold, gold, blue and red marginal medallions
Each 4 ½ x 11 ¾in. (11.5 x 30cm.)
Provenance
By repute, Spink & Son, before 1985
Anon. sale, 25 Blythe Road (Olympia Auctions) London, 4-7 November 2013, lot 221