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TASTA/102 Bamar/Shan (?) Burma, SE Asia Talismanic temple hanging. Cotton cloth and cording, pigments. 34 in. X 35 in. Good, some staining as well as fading and wear of pigments. A single piece of cotton hemmed along the 4 edges and twisted cotton cording attached to each corner for hanging. This piece is wonderfully executed with detail drawings and paintings. Talismanic “ingwets” mark each corner. There are 2 places inside the small squares on the lower corners where white pigments cover the original marking either to make corrections or updates to what appear to be numbers. |