drawing
- Museum number
- 1939,0311,0.7.114
- Description
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Drawing: Pencil and ink on paper. Obverse: sketches of reliefs at Borobudur; reverse: sketches of gateway and decoration at Borobudur (Central Java). Mark. Annotated.
- Production date
- 1814-1816
- Dimensions
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Height: 31.80 centimetres
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Width: 19.70 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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(WD958 (277)) is a detailed pencil drawing at the British Library, in the Horsfield Collection, that shows some of the reliefs depicted on the obverse side of 1939,0311,0.7.114. The two lower drawings with the tortoise and a large water creature on the obverse side, are shown connected together, with a third panel, on WD958 (277).
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Obverse page:
The upper drawing is part of a relief that can be found on the wall of the 1st gallery, at the north end of the west side, in the upper register.
The 2 lower drawings can be found on the outer wall of the 1st gallery, at the north end of the west side, past the stairs.
The drawing of 2 kinnaras on the back of the page is part of a relief that can be found on the wall of the 2nd gallery, at the north end of the east side.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1939,0311,0.7.114