Manuscript Cabinet / Artist Unknown, Thailand
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.467
- Title
- Manuscript Cabinet
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Thailand
- Artist Nationality
- Thai
- Medium and Support
- lacquered and gilt wood with glazed metal inserts
- Object Creation Date
- 1930-1949
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Thailand
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Thailand
- Dimensions
- 120.5 cm x 89.5 cm x 64 cm (47 7/16 in. x 35 1/4 in. x 25 3/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Wood and Woodcarving
- Primary Object Type
- furniture
- Physical Description
- Manuscript cabinet decorated with two celestial beings making the gesture of worship and respect (anjalimudra) on front doors. The hands and faces of these figures are carved in particularly high relief, making them seem to interact with the worshipper, a feeling enhanced by the reflection of the background inserts.
- Subject Matter
- Manuscript cabinet that housed sacred texts in Buddhist monasteries in Thailand. Cabinet doors are decorated with two celestial beings making the gesture of worship and respect (anjalimudra).
- Secondary Keywords
- case furniture
- descriptors
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- materials
- materials by origin
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- storage and display furniture
- wood and wood products
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1527 x 2089
- File Size
- 424 KB
- Record
- 2005/1.467
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