A Burmese red, black and gilt lacquered Kammavaca manuscript, late 19th century, comprising two rectangular covers and sixteen leaves, each cover decorated with gilt deity panels on an iron red ground, each leaf with lines of black Pali script, length 61.3cm, contained within a gilt gesso and red painted wooden box, the hinged lid and sides worked in relief with script and scrolls, embellished with mirrored glass and glass cabochons, length 66.5cm. Provenance: from the estate of a West Sussex collector.