Unknown Artist, Thailand, 19th century
Two Miniatures and text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"
Ink and color on paper, c, 1900
Unsigned as usual
Script: Aksar Chrieng or Khmer These texts are written in Khom script, a variant of Khmer script often used in Central Thai religious manuscripts.
Phra Malai was a Budhist monk whose meditations permitted him to travel to heaven and hell.
Condition: Good, with minor staining to text
Sight (window) size: 11-1/8 x 27 inches
Frame size: 19-3/4 x 35 x 3/4 inches
Framed in solid cherry wood with archival, acid free materials
The legend of Phra Malai, a Buddhist monk of the Theravada tradition said to have attained supernatural powers through his accumulated merit and meditation, is the main text in this 19th-century Thai samut khoi (folding book) held in the Thai, Lao, and Cambodian Collections of the British Library. Phra Malai figures prominently in Thai art...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Art by Medium: Pigment