Sales catalogue 542: Maggs Bros

Date:
1930
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/94
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 542: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    StH CENTURY, 209. THE STORY OFITHE FAIRY PRINCE SETAKET Ua An original Burmese manuscript with drawings in gold and colours, illustrating a Buddhist romance, entitled the Story of the Fairy Prince Setaketu. Painted on 30 folding leaves of Oriental paper, arranged in a series of five panoramic views, with descriptive Burmese text below. Folio. Original binding of paper boards, with stamped design and MS. title inscribed in centre panel. [Burma, XVIIIth Century. | (SEE ILLUSTRATION OPPOSITE.) £52 10s A finely executed series of views, with running Burmese text in Bur- mese native characters at the foot, depicting various episodes and ceremonies in the life of the Fairy Prince Setaketu, the hero of a noted Buddhist romance.
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