Carving

89-13-233

From: Burma

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Papu
Object Number 89-13-233
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Burmese | Buddhist
Provenience Burma
Date Made 1900-1950
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Lacquer
Technique Carved
Iconography Thagya | Deva
Description

Wood carving of deva, celestial being. Figure standing in anjali mudra, adoration, holding foliage. Fragment of decoration from a so of a doorway or a throne. Traces of black lacquer.

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989
Other Number None - Field No SF | None - Other Number

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