Tha-Lun (Reclining Couch)
ca. 1880 (made)
| Place of origin |
Triangular headboard - bounded by small armchair style wings which extend some way along the length of the couch. Triangular sections extend from 2 small posts at the foot. The bed board is bound with a decorated border. The bird claw feet of the tha-lun project from decorated wings.
The whole decorated with two dimensional scrolling leaf and floral patterns.
The whole decorated with two dimensional scrolling leaf and floral patterns.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Wood, thitsi lacquer, gilt. Patterns formed in the relief moulded thayo and glass inlay hman-zi shwei-cha technique. |
| Brief description | Burmese wood and lacquered tha-lun (reclining couch) of royal provenance from the Palace of Mandalay. Konbaung Dyansty (1752-1885). Foliate and floral ornamentation in the thayo, hman-zi shwei-cha medium ca. 1880. |
| Physical description | Triangular headboard - bounded by small armchair style wings which extend some way along the length of the couch. Triangular sections extend from 2 small posts at the foot. The bed board is bound with a decorated border. The bird claw feet of the tha-lun project from decorated wings. The whole decorated with two dimensional scrolling leaf and floral patterns. |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Received from Sir J. Stracehey G.C.S.I.; C.I.E. (presented by Hallet G. Batten) |
| Object history | From the Royal Palace of Mandalay. (Said to have been the bed stead of a wife of King Theebaw) Received from Sir J. Stracehey G.C.S.I.; C.I.E. (presented by Hallet G. Batten) Historical significance: These couches were formerly used by monks or royalty to conduct an audience. |
| Production | From the royal Palace of Mandalay. Said to have been the tha-lun (reclining couch) of a wife of King Thibaw (1878-1885). |
| Bibliographic reference | Arts of Asia; 1975
John Lowry Burmese Art at the Victoria and Alert Museum
pp. 28 & 29
Sylvia Fraser-Lu "Burmese Lacquerware", p.102; Burmese Crafts Past and Present; OUP 1994 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.37:1-1889 |
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| Record created | October 30, 2000 |
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