One of six drawings of Burmese types.
Painting
ca.1920 (painted)
ca.1920 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Figure of an old woman, half-length facing three-quarters left. She wears a white turban, silver earplugs, necklace of beads and a silver neck-ornament (similar to a kind of torque); also a pale grey tunic ornamented with a blue stripe with a yellow one on each side which borders the tunic and also runs horizontally from shoulder to shoulder; she seems to have a black sash and a black patch on her right upper arm.
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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| 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 Maingtha old woman in tribal dress in white, pale grey, blue, yellow and black with silver jewellery. Signed by the artist, Yatanabon Mg Su. ca.1920 |
| Physical description | Figure of an old woman, half-length facing three-quarters left. She wears a white turban, silver earplugs, necklace of beads and a silver neck-ornament (similar to a kind of torque); also a pale grey tunic ornamented with a blue stripe with a yellow one on each side which borders the tunic and also runs horizontally from shoulder to shoulder; she seems to have a black sash and a black patch on her right upper arm. 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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| Production | The artist was from Mandalay but it is thought he spent his working life in Rangoon. |
| Subject depicted | |
| 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 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.22-1979 |
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| Record created | September 17, 2001 |
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