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89-13-416

From: Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-416
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Buddhist
Provenience Thailand
Period 19th Century
Date Made 1800 - 1825
Section Asian
Materials Khoi Paper
Iconography Asubha Kammatthana | Corpse Meditation | Meditation | Monk | Monster
Inscription Language Thai Language
Description

Illumination cut from a folio of a Thai manuscript, showing a monk removing pamsakulla cloth from a corpse, probably a scene of corpse observation and meditation. Another small illumination of a monster and text in unidentified script on verso. Part of manuscript page. Written in 5 lines per segment. Written on khoi paper; from manuscript originally folded concertina- or accordion-style, but this fragment of one folio is stored flat. Painted in the early 19th century. Tag has numbers including 3407 and 100.

Height 22.5 cm
Width 19.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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