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Fine Antique Thai Buddha Temple Banner Scroll Painting in Tempera

$ 1716

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

    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.