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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Thailand (made)

Temple banner of painted cloth depicting the Buddha's descent from Tusita Heaven, set in Europeanised landscape and temple architecture setting. Cartouche with Thai inscription at bottom border of painting.

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Categories	Paintings Buddhism
Object type	Banner
Materials and techniques	Cloth, painted
Brief description	Temple banner of painted cloth depicting the Buddha's descent from Tusita Heaven, set in Europeanised landscape and temple architecture setting, Thailand, mid 19th century.
Physical description	Temple banner of painted cloth depicting the Buddha's descent from Tusita Heaven, set in Europeanised landscape and temple architecture setting. Cartouche with Thai inscription at bottom border of painting.
Dimensions	Height: 267cm Width: 86cm
Gallery label	(03/08/2015) The Buddha Preaching in Indra’s Heaven and Descending to Earth 1850–1900 Ratanakosin period Banner paintings decorated the buildings that housed Buddhist images in Thai monasteries. This one shows the Buddha sitting in the heaven ruled by the god Indra, which he visited to preach to his deceased mother. Further down, he descends to earth by a miraculous stairway and is greeted by Indra blowing a conch and the god Brahma holding an umbrella. The European-style buildings at ground level reflect the influence of western art and new buildings designed by western architects in Bangkok at that time. Thailand Gouache on cloth Museum no. IS.50-2005
Credit line	Gift from Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Bibliographic reference	Clarke, John: Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015, "The Buddha image in Asia: Phase One of the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Galleries of Buddhist Art", p.120 pl. 13.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.50-2005

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Record created	August 23, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115656/banner-unknown/

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