1984.517: Illustrated Text on Cosmology (Traiphum) with Captions written in Thai Language and Script
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.517
- Title
- Illustrated Text on Cosmology (Traiphum) with Captions written in Thai Language and Script
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript
- Date
- late 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Southeast Asia, Thailand
- Culture
- Thai
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/201576
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Two-sided accordion-fold manuscript; ink, color and gold on khoi paper, with lacquered cover
- Dimensions
- H. 18.4 x W. 65.1 cm (7 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Peng Seng, Bangkok 1966
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.517
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Pratapaditya Pal and Julia Meech, Buddhist Book Illuminations, Ravi Kumar (New York, 1988), pp. 205-206, Pl. 68-69
- Henry Ginsburg, Thai Manuscript Painting, British Library (London, 1989), p. 20, Pl. 2
Subjects and Contexts
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