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Scenes from the Thiri Rama, the Burmese adaptation of the Ramayana
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Pictorial textile hanging (kalaga); appliqué and embroidery on velvet with applied sequins glass seed pearls gold-gilt and silver-gilt metal thread, Myanmar (Burma) Yangon or Mandalay
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Friends of Asian Art Gifts 2021
Title: Scenes from the Thiri Rama, the Burmese adaptation of the Ramayana
Description:
Pictorial textile hanging (kalaga); appliqué and embroidery on velvet with applied sequins glass seed pearls gold-gilt and silver-gilt metal thread, Myanmar (Burma) Yangon or Mandalay.
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