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One of a Pair of Manuscript Covers from the Glorification of the Great Goddess (Devimahatmya)

Unknown artist · 18th century

Palette

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Artist

Unknown artist

Date

18th century

Type

Painting

Medium

Pigments and metallic paint on wood

Size

1.7 × 49 × 11.7 cm (3/8 × 19 5/16 × 4 5/8 in.)

Place

Nepal

Period

17th century

Main colour

Brown · lightness 44, colourfulness 32

Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules