BURMESE FOLDING BOOK, PARABAIK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
£4,032
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
緬甸 十九世紀末 木簡繪本摺叠冊
watercolour and gouache on mulberry bark paper, depicted with eight scenes, composed in a series of two, and four page compositions, spanning a total of 28 pages, with the scenes of court processions, ceremonies and entertainments, front and back covers similarly decorated with gilded flowers in four panels aligned as a rectangular panel
Dimensions
40.5cm x 17.7cm each leaf
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Perth and Kinross
蘇格蘭私人收藏，珀斯-金羅斯
Footnote
A comparable Burmese parabaik, dated to 1870s–1880s, from the Court of King Mindon or Thibaw, or associated workshops, is in The Metropolitan Museum, accession no. 2017.209. There are notable similar scenes in this parabaik, compared to the lot offered here. For example, the tiger and elephant fighting scene, the cock fighting scene, the procession scenes with elephants and gilded carriages, etc. According to the catalogue, the painting style was developed in the reign of King Mindon and continued under King Thibaw. It displays a hybridity born of traditional Burmese religious narrative painting blended with European pictorial devices.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價