A GILT-LACQUER MANUSCRIPT (KAMAWA-SA), BURMA, PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY stiffened cloth, lacquered and gilt, with sgraffito decoration and applied brown lacquer script, sixteen folios with single piercing, twin lacquered wood covers (kyan) with similar decoration, associated cloth wrapper and strap 61 x 15.5 x 5cm (together) (18) Provenance: Acquired in Burma by the vendor about 25-30 years ago. For a closely related Kamawa-Sa said to have been found in the palace at Mandalay in 1885, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, see inv. no. IS.11:26 to N-1969 Descriptions in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports and all lots are sold as viewed. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in good condition. Prospective bidders are recommended to request a condition report prior to bidding, wherever possible satisfying themselves in person at the gallery as to the condition of a lot.