Provenance Information

probably late 1970s - 2007 collection of P. Ciucci, Milano (probably acquired on London market); 2007 - 2009 collection of Carlo Cristi, Milano (purchased from P. Ciucci); 2009 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (purchased from Carlo Cristi)

Exhibition Information

Carlo Cristi Arte Orientale Tessili, at AFP Galleries in The Fuller Building, New York, Asia Week 2009: Arts of Tibet and Central Asia, Mar 9 -18, 2009

Publication Information

Unknown

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

The Museum has a small but significant collection of Tibetan art including paintings and scrolls, as well as a single illuminated cover and frontispiece for a manuscript, but no examples of the actual illuminated folios or leaves from such manuscripts. Significant examples of this specific form of manuscript and illustration are rare. This exceptional folio is one of a pair, and the two together demonstrate the importance of this medium and form in the Tibetan culture, particularly when they are held in dialogue with the Tibetan paintings and thangka illustrating similar themes and stories, in our collection.