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Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16761
Title:: [Royal entertainments]
Scope & Content:: Illustrations of court entertainments with captions. Contains 17 scenes in water colour, enclosed in yellow panels, with short descriptions in Burmese below. (1) Capturing a white elephant (ff. 1-2) (2) Camping cooking (ff. 3) (3) A royal procession (ff. 4- 6) (4) Ceremonial ploughing (ff. 7...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 volume; 40 folios

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