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89-13-417

From: Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-417
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai
Provenience Thailand
Period 19th Century
Date Made 1825 - 1875
Section Asian
Materials Khoi Paper
Iconography Phra Malai | Hunter | Pond | Flowers
Description

Illumination cut from a folio of a Thai manuscript, probably showing a hunter picking lotus flowers in a pond to give to Phra Malai. Text on verso. Blue sky. Written in Thai (Khom) in 6 lines per segment. Written on khoi paper; from manuscript originally folded concertina- or accordion-style, but this fragment of one folio is now stored flat. Written and painted in Thailand in the mid-19th century. There is also written numbers in Thai and English.

Height 23 cm
Width 21 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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