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TWO LAQUERED AND PAINTED PAPIER MACHE BOOK COVERS
India, 18th/19th century
235 x 135 mm. Each book cover made of layers of paper gessoed and then beautifully painted, with purple flowers against a red background on the interior, and a golden field of vines and flowers with green and red borders on the exterior. Minor losses to edges and corners, remnants of leather spine intact.
India, 18th/19th century
235 x 135 mm. Each book cover made of layers of paper gessoed and then beautifully painted, with purple flowers against a red background on the interior, and a golden field of vines and flowers with green and red borders on the exterior. Minor losses to edges and corners, remnants of leather spine intact.
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These papier mache book covers are Persian, late 18th or first half 19th century.