id:			126835
accession number:	1949.227
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.227
updated:		2024-04-06 11:32:45.005000

Buddhist Manuscript, c. 1700. Sri Lanka. Covers: Gum tempera on wood; pages: charcoal on palm leaves; overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund 1949.227

title:				Buddhist Manuscript
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creation date:			c. 1700
creation date earliest:		1690
creation date latest:		1710
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creditline:			Educational Purchase Fund
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culture:	Sri Lanka
technique:	Covers: Gum tempera on wood; pages: charcoal on palm leaves
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Ceylonese Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	William E. Ward [1922-2004], Cleveland, OH, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1949
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1949–
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