A LARGE BURMESE BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT, KAMMAVACAKonbaung Dynasty, 19th CenturyComposed of sixteen red-lacquered and gilded palm-leaf folios, each with 6ll. in Burmese tamarind seed script, the text on each end leaf flanked with panels depicting standing deities within borders of curling leafy patterns, the reverse of each end leaf with similar designs and including chinthe lions, all housed within two lacquered and gilt-decorated wood covers,57.7cm long(18)THIS LOT IS OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE無底價-PROVENANCE:Collection of Prospect Burma, UK; previously donated by Elizabeth Barraclough, OBE, in May 2004.Elizabeth Barraclough (1912-2006) worked in the British Foreign Service, and was posted to Singapore and Canton before being re-assigned to Burma, where she lived in the then-capital Rangoon. Her accomplishments during her eight-year stint earnt her advancement to OBE in 1956.-