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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