Watercolour
ca. 1920 (painted)
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Watercolour painting showing a terraced temple in the middle distance behind in the foreground. A low hill range appears in the far distance. Several orange and red marks suggest monks dressed in saffron robes. The painting painting in a portrait format on a rectangular piece of paper.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Paper and watercolour in contemporary mount and frame. |
| Brief description | Painting showing a temple (probably Thatbyinnyu Temple, Bagan, Myanmar), watercolour on paper, unsigned, 20th century |
| Physical description | Watercolour painting showing a terraced temple in the middle distance behind in the foreground. A low hill range appears in the far distance. Several orange and red marks suggest monks dressed in saffron robes. The painting painting in a portrait format on a rectangular piece of paper. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs. Mary Simpson |
| Production | "Tha-Bin-U" here is evidently a picture of the Thatbyinnyu Temple built by Alaungsithu (1112-67) of the Pagan Dynasty AD 1044-1287. |
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| Accession number | IS.70-1978 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2001 |
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