Panel
ca. 1790-1850 (made)
| Place of origin |
Gold on vermilion rectangular panel.
Containing a quatrefoil centre panel in which a dancing balu (ogre) figure is represented in the midst of scrolling foliage. Surrounded with a border of floral scrollwork broken by eight conventional chinthe' (lions).
Containing a quatrefoil centre panel in which a dancing balu (ogre) figure is represented in the midst of scrolling foliage. Surrounded with a border of floral scrollwork broken by eight conventional chinthe' (lions).
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Teak coated with black thitsi lacquer onto which fine thayo-work (relief moulded lacquer) has been applied and further painted with vermilion dyed lacquer and gilded. |
| Brief description | Burmese teak thayo (relief moulded) vermillion lacquer and gilded panel from a Buddhist sadaik (manuscript chest). Konbaung Dynasty (1752-1885). Decorated with a balu figure amongst floral and foliate designs. ca. late 18th/early 19th century. |
| Physical description | Gold on vermilion rectangular panel. Containing a quatrefoil centre panel in which a dancing balu (ogre) figure is represented in the midst of scrolling foliage. Surrounded with a border of floral scrollwork broken by eight conventional chinthe' (lions). |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by Major Sir Bartle C. A. Frere |
| Production | Obtained from a Buddhist Temple at Taungdwingyi. (100 miles south of Mandalay) Attribution note: Formerly the end portion of a Burmese Buddhist sadaik (religious manuscript box) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 594-1906 |
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| Record created | October 31, 2000 |
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