Pair of Manuscript Covers, Thakuri period, 11th–12th century, Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Wood with repoussé gilt copper and color , a: 2 7/16 x 16 3/16 in. (6.2 x 41.1 cm), Woodwork, These covers once protected the palm-leaf folios of a religious text. The interior surface has traces of original paint. The outer surfaces are clad in copper sheet with a repoussé foliate meander design and gilded
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Pair, Manuscript Covers, Thakuri period, 11th–12th century, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Wood, repoussé gilt copper, color, 2 7/16 x 16 3/16, 6.2 41.1 cm, Woodwork, covers, protected, palm-leaf folios, religious text, interior surface, traces, original paint, outer surfaces, clad, copper sheet, foliate, meander, design, gilded
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