Auction: June 25, 2022

Lot #139: Southeast Asian Tai Illuminated Manuscript Book

Tai language family, unidentified script, accordion fold book opening both ways, on parabaik paper, all edges gilt, having flexible leather-covered boards, (62) leaves written upon both sides in ink, (32) gouache paintings; together with (2) partial books written in different hands and scripts with one consisting of (2) fragments having (7) leaves and (3) paintings, the other having (8) leaves and (8) paintings