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89-13-250

From: Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-250
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai | Buddhist
Provenience Thailand
Period 19th Century
Date Made 1800 - 1899
Section Asian
Materials Khoi Paper
Iconography Phra Malai | Buddha | Monks | Parinirvana
Description

Four pages of accordion style manuscript joined by folds in khoi paper and reinforced with white tape. White khoi paper written in Thai (Khom/Khmer) in black ink on each side of the four pages, 8-10 lines per folio, folded concertina- or accordion-style. There are four paintings within the four pages, each on one end of two pages. The paintings are a small assembly with two crowned figures at the center, a stupa, Buddha's death, and a monk with bowl at the river. This may be part of a Phra Malai manuscript. Manuscript illustrated with images of monks.

Length 59.8 cm
Width 12.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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