Not currently on display at the V&A

Panel

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wooden panel, carved in relief, depicting a seated Yogi figure asleep or in a trance.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
wood, carved, relief
Brief description
Architecture, teak, carved, Burma, C19
Physical description
Wooden panel, carved in relief, depicting a seated Yogi figure asleep or in a trance.
Dimensions
  • Length: 20.75in
  • Width: 16.5in
Credit line
Bequest of R. Grant Brown
Object history
Comment in Register: "The Sleeping Yogi". Copy by a Burmese carver of a panel probably part of one of the gates of Amarapura, the Burmese capital 1783 to 1857
Collection
Accession number
IS.89-1954

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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