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Collection of Buddhist Scriptures
The illustrations in this unsophisticated but very exuberant manuscript, with a text in Cambodian Mul script, are most unusual. In one large illustration four monks bearing fans are seated on either side of a ghoul with huge testicles and a strange circular object on his head. Another scene depicts a monk in a cave, a corpse outside, birds, a tree, and a small pavilion. In a further scene a furious elephant is throwing off its rider, while in another a man shoots a tiger. The last folio contains a tree, a bird and a house on the left. The meaning of these curious illustrations is obscure.
Provenance
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Martha and Earl Galleher, Baltimore, Maryland, acquired in Bangkok, 1966; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | Unearthly Elegance: Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Measurements
Overall (folded): 11.5 x 35 cm
Credit Line
Gift of Martha and Earl Galleher in memory of her uncle, James H.W.Thompson, May 1991
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.820