Sazigyo binding ribbon for Buddhist manuscripts, Burma, dated 1269 ME (1907/1908 AD)

This sazigyo is beautiful decorated and in rare excellent condition with bright colours and good contrast.

Also loop and cord are in very good condition. Risers and fallers adorned with special “Christmas tree” decoration.

The sazigyo starts with the initial invocation “zeyatu” enclosed between two lion beasts.

It is dated 1269 Myanmar era (ME).

length: 4730 mm / 186.2 in   

width: 17 mm / 0.67 inn

reference:   

Ralph Issacs, "Sazigyo, Burmese Manuscript Binding Tapes: Woven Miniatures of Buddhist Art", Silkworm Books, 2014

Noel F. Singer, "KAMMAVACA TEXTS, THEIR COVERS AND BINDING RIBBONS", Arts of Asia, Volume 23, Number 3, May-June 1993

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