Painting

89-13-427

From: Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 89-13-427
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Buddhist
Provenience Thailand
Section Asian
Materials Paper | Pigment
Iconography Jataka Tales
Inscription Language Thai Language
Description

Paper on paper with silk border. Painting subject of Buddha in a previous life, his wife, children and grandparents sleeping. An angel like figure framed in a red border pours water on them. Other minor figures are sleeping and guards standing along a wall. Inscription in Old Thai.

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

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