1984.542: Illustrated Treatise on Elephants Written in Thai Language and Script
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.542
- Title
- Illustrated Treatise on Elephants Written in Thai Language and Script
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript
- Date
- early 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Southeast Asia, Thailand
- Culture
- Thai
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201513
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Two-sided, horizontal, accordion-fold manuscript; ink, color and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- closed: H. 8.3 × L. 36.5 × D. 2.5 cm (3 1/4 × 14 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Sukhotai Antiques, Bangkok
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.542
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Henry Ginsburg, Thai Manuscript Painting, British Library (London, 1989), pp. 40-41, Pl. 11
Verification Level
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