One of six drawings of Burmese types.
Painting
ca.1920 (painted)
ca.1920 (painted)
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Half-length figure of a man. He wears a dark-brown turban decorated with white cloth and an oblique band. His pig-tail hangs down the right side of his neck and ends in silverwork (?) decoration. He wears a brown undershirt decorated with silver ornaments, and a dark-blue tunic, open at the front, showing three buttons on his right. He has three narrow silver neck ornaments, a silver ornament on the left side of his tunic, and a black band over his right shoulder passing under his left arm. He wears a belt or sash.
Framed in a narrow black frame covered with zinc on the back and bearing a blue and white label. See Marks/Subjects.
Framed in a narrow black frame covered with zinc on the back and bearing a blue and white label. See Marks/Subjects.
Object details
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Title | One of six drawings of Burmese types. (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Water-colour on paper; wood frame |
Brief description | Burmese framed watercolour on paper; half length portrait of a Kaw man in tribal dress in white, browns, dark blue and black with silver jewellery. Signed by the artist, Yatanabon Mg Su. ca.1920 |
Physical description | Half-length figure of a man. He wears a dark-brown turban decorated with white cloth and an oblique band. His pig-tail hangs down the right side of his neck and ends in silverwork (?) decoration. He wears a brown undershirt decorated with silver ornaments, and a dark-blue tunic, open at the front, showing three buttons on his right. He has three narrow silver neck ornaments, a silver ornament on the left side of his tunic, and a black band over his right shoulder passing under his left arm. He wears a belt or sash. Framed in a narrow black frame covered with zinc on the back and bearing a blue and white label. See Marks/Subjects. |
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Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1979/456. |
Production | The artist was from Mandalay but it is thought he spent his working life in Rangoon, Burma |
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Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 184 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
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Accession number | IS.23:1, 2-1979 |
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Record created | September 17, 2001 |
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