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A Mahabharata / Ramayana Hindi Book -Gouache Paintings

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A Mahabharata / Ramayana Hindi Book -Gouache Paintings

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Auction Date:2012 Nov 16 @ 10:00 (UTC-6 : CST/MDT)
Location:P.O. Box 714, Erie, Colorado, 80516, United States
India, Ca. 19th Century AD. Written in Sanskrit or Devangari (a derivation of Sanskrit). Bound in cloth, printed and painted on Wasili paper, handmade paper composed of several sheets glued together and burnished with glass or sea shells to make it shiny. Book contains over 20 handpainted Gouache paintings (opaque watercolor). Book itself measures 13"H x 13"W. Pages are separated by a cloth. Binding has some fading, as shown, else excellent.

Similar single illustrations have sold at Christie's for $1,000+ each.

Provenance: Ex-Byron Farwell Collection.

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