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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