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Fine Antique Thai Buddha Temple Banner Scroll Painting in Tempera
Fine Antique Thai Buddha Temple Banner Scroll Painting in Tempera
Fine Antique Thai Buddha Temple Banner Scroll Painting in Tempera
Fine Antique Thai Buddha Temple Banner Scroll Painting in Tempera
Fine Antique Thai Buddha Temple Banner Scroll Painting in Tempera
Fine Antique Thai Buddha Temple Banner Scroll Painting in Tempera

Fine Antique Thai Buddha Temple Banner Scroll Painting in Tempera

$ 1716

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Color: Multi-color primarily Imperial red & Reseda green
  • Region of Origin: Southeast Asia
  • Primary Material: Linen or cotton with wood rollers
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Maker: Unknown
  • Age: 1850-1899
  • Condition: Age appropriate wear and rubbing of the tempera, especially on the edges, with the Buddha largely intact.

    Description

    Fine and rare antique Thai tempera scroll banner, painted on cloth depicting the Buddha with his hand raised in a gesture of teaching (vitarka mudra) as a pair of monks listen attentively.  Traditional period temple banner for display in palace or wealthy mansion.  Scroll supported on each end by a pair of wooden rollers with antique carved wooden Thai finials, the image of the Bodhisattva standing on a lotus in a flowing songsket skirt with jewels and multiple bracelets and armbands, collar with epaulets and a high crown. The wooden rollers with finials measures 31 1/2" at the top and 36" at the bottom and the scroll itself measures 68 1/2" long by 27 1/4" wide. Similar period Thai tempera Buddha banner scrolls found in the Doris Duke collection.