18th Century Sanskrit Parabaik Book Covers

18th Century Sanskrit Parabaik Book Covers

SKU 1364378 Categories Accessories, Religious Tags antique Thai, burmese

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Region	Southeast Asian
Period	Pre 1920

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Antique Thai/Burmese Sanskrit book fragments, called a “parabaik”, which were once majorly used to document societal information through text and drawings. Made from thick sheets of paper, either blackened for text or whitened for colored drawings, which were then glued and folded together. This book fragment has a central black panel, with religious Sanskrit text in gilt, and gilt pigment figures kneeling in prayer on either side.

Early Rattanakosin period (1782-present)

Dimensions: (entire frame) 32″ L x 17″ H (artwork only) 25.5″ L x 10.75″ H

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Antique Thai/Burmese Sanskrit book fragments, called a “parabaik”, which were once majorly used to document societal information through text and drawings. Made from thick sheets of paper, either blackened for text or whitened for colored drawings, which were then glued and folded together. This book fragment has a central black panel, with religious Sanskrit text in gilt, and gilt pigment figures kneeling in prayer on either side.

Early Rattanakosin period (1782-present)

Dimensions: (entire frame) 32″ L x 17″ H (artwork only) 25.5″ L x 10.75″ H

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Region	Southeast Asian
Period	Pre 1920

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