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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