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A Kamawa-Sa (Incomplete)

Before 1864 (made)
Place of origin
Burma (made)

Consisting of 9 folios (wanting a beginning)
2 cord holes
5 lines, 28 char., Burmese tamarind-seed large script in black lacquer.
Paginated with Burmese letters.
Borders: decorated with strokes and beads.
Interlines: Blank.
Middle folio margins: (2.5 cm.) decorated with a repeating lotus pattern on a hatch-stroke ground.
Final folio recto: margins (14.4 cm.) (on either side of a central text) decorated with leafy patterns and hinthas in framed rondels.
Second and penultimate folios: margins (14.4 cm.) on either side of a central text decorated with leafy patterns and hinthas in framed rondels.
Undated.


Object details

Object type
A kamawa-sa (incomplete)
Parts
This object consists of 9 parts.

  • Manuscript Page
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Materials and techniques
Copper plates, bright red lacquered. Gilded on borders only.
Copper
Lacquer
Gilt
Forming
Lacquering
Gilding
Brief description
9 folios of a copper kamawa-sa (Burmese Buddhist Ms.). Bright red lacquered and partly gilded. Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). Pali text, tamarind seed script with figurative and foliate decorative motifs. Before 1864.
Physical description
Consisting of 9 folios (wanting a beginning)
2 cord holes
5 lines, 28 char., Burmese tamarind-seed large script in black lacquer.
Paginated with Burmese letters.
Borders: decorated with strokes and beads.
Interlines: Blank.
Middle folio margins: (2.5 cm.) decorated with a repeating lotus pattern on a hatch-stroke ground.
Final folio recto: margins (14.4 cm.) (on either side of a central text) decorated with leafy patterns and hinthas in framed rondels.
Second and penultimate folios: margins (14.4 cm.) on either side of a central text decorated with leafy patterns and hinthas in framed rondels.
Undated.
Dimensions
  • Length: 57cm
  • Width: 10.6cm
Style
Konbaung
Credit line
Given by Lady Campbell
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
1230:9-1864

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Record createdMay 10, 2000
Record URL
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