Lot 352
BURMESE FOLDING BOOK, PARABAIK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 06 November 2026 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 nine scenes, composed in a series of two, four and six page compositions, spanning a total of 34 pages, with scenes of court processions, ceremonies and entertainments, front and back covers similarly painted with red borders on green ground
Dimensions
43.3cm x 17.6cm each leaf
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh
蘇格蘭私人收藏，愛丁堡
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 walled elephants scene, the polo scene, according to the Metropolitan Museum, 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. Also compare to a parabaik, late 19th century, sold in this saleroom, 8 Nov 2024, lot 393.