Palm-Leaf Sutra

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Ancient Painted Palm-Leaf Buddhist Scripture. Cut and bound from palm leaves with multiple consecutive pages, featuring a painted illustration of Sakyamuni preaching at the center surrounded by ancient Sanskrit sutra text; total unfolded length 66cm, width 48cm. As a palm-leaf Buddhist scripture from ancient Indian tradition, a complete intact set is extremely rare.

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66 x 48 cm

Palm-Leaf Sutra

Lot 0443

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