Painting

89-13-400

From: Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-400
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Buddhist
Provenience Thailand
Section Asian
Materials Cloth | Paint
Iconography Buddha | Mara | Bodhi Tree
Description

Painting on cloth. Painting of three women and four children dancing before a Buddha image. Buddha is seated in meditation on a throne with a Bodhi tree above him. Flowers in the background and in the air. Yellow border with floral motifs. Seam at bottom and top of painting for hanging. Temptation of Mara's daughters.

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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