A GROUP OF FOUR WOODBLOCKS CARVED IN REVERSE SCRIPT ON BOTH SIDES FOR PRINTING PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS

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A GROUP OF FOUR WOODBLOCKS CARVED IN REVERSE SCRIPT ON BOTH SIDES FOR PRINTING PALM LEAF MANUSCRIPTS

90 x 480 mm. 16th century Mongolian, from Lama Gagen (The Place of the Lama Priests); 135 x 470 mm. 17th century Tibetan, from Lhasa; 90 x 470 mm. Tibetan, c. 1680. Prayer book printing block from the Lhasa monastery; 130 x 470 mm. 18th century Chinese, from Jehol, the summer palaces of the Manchurian emperor. (4)

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