A Kashmiri manuscript. Ca. 1840-1850 - image-1

Lot 531 Dα

A Kashmiri manuscript. Ca. 1840-1850

Auction 1053 - overview Cologne
03.06.2015, 14:00 - Chinese Decorative Arts, Tibet/Nepal, India, South-East Asia
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 2.108 € (incl. premium)

A Kashmiri manuscript. Ca. 1840-1850

A Kashmiri manuscript, an anthology of sacred scriptures, bound in leather with lacquered portrait paintings to the insides. The writing in sharada script, with seven illustrations, the first of Uma Maheshvara on Rishabha, followed by Karttikeya, Vishnu, Indra, Lakshmi-Narayana and Vishnu with Brahma. Ink, pigments, gold and silver on thin paper. Ca. 1840-1850.
15 x 12,8 cm