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11th–12th century · Wood with repoussé gilt copper and color · Asian Art

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. Copper discs served to secure a binding cord.

Artist

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Date

11th–12th century

Medium

Wood with repoussé gilt copper and color

Culture

Nepal (Kathmandu Valley)

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Phlanthropic Fund Gift; Lewis Charitable Foundation,The Midgard Foundation and Randall D. Smith Foundation Gifts and funds from various donors, 1994