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    This document summarizes information about a book cover from Bengal, India that was created in the late 16th or 17th century. It was painted in gouache on wood to protect a manuscript. The book cover is currently in storage at a museum in London where it was purchased in 1955 and its origin traces back to a collection from Bankura district in Bengal.

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    This document summarizes information about a book cover from Bengal, India that was created in the late 16th or 17th century. It was painted in gouache on wood to protect a manuscript. The book cover is currently in storage at a museum in London where it was purchased in 1955 and its origin traces back to a collection from Bankura district in Bengal.

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    This document summarizes information about a book cover from Bengal, India that was created in the late 16th or 17th century. It was painted in gouache on wood to protect a manuscript. The book cover is currently in storage at a museum in London where it was purchased in 1955 and its origin traces back to a collection from Bankura district in Bengal.

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    This document summarizes information about a book cover from Bengal, India that was created in the late 16th or 17th century. It was painted in gouache on wood to protect a manuscript. The book cover is currently in storage at a museum in London where it was purchased in 1955 and its origin traces back to a collection from Bankura district in Bengal.

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    Place of origin: Bengal (made)


    Date: late 16th century (made)
    17th century (made)
    Artist/Maker: unknown (production)
    Materials and Techniques: Painted in gouache on wood
    Credit Line: Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund
    Museum number: IS.102-1955
    Gallery location: In Storage

    Descriptive line
    Book cover, painted wood, Bengal, late 16th or 17th century
    Physical description
    Book cover, painted in gouache on wood, used to protect a manuscript.
    Museum number
    IS.102-1955
    Object history note
    From the J.C. French collection
    Purchased by J.C. French in 1934 from Ajit Ghose who obtained them near Vishnupur, Bankura district, Bengal.
    Purchased from the executors of the late J.C. French with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund, 1955.
    Exhibition History
    Arts of Bengal (Whitechapel Art Gallery 30/12/1979-30/09/2011)
    URL
    http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84508/book-cover-unknown/

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