sketch-book;
painting
- Museum number
- 1995,1121,0.5.9
- Description
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Page from a sketchbook of watercolour paintings of the artist Kan Chun, entitled 'Sceneries from Burma'. Two large chinthe (mythical lion) statues, guardians of a temple, dominate the image obscuring the stupa behind. A figure holding a parasol approaches the steps. Painting.
- Production date
- 1970s-1980s
- Dimensions
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Height: 27.10 centimetres (full sheet)
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Height: 22 centimetres (image)
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Width: 35.90 centimetres (full sheet)
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Width: 20.40 centimetres (image)
- Curator's comments
- The ten pages of the sketchbook are stapled together and protected within a brown paper cover. The cover is printed with a drawing of a tree, some Burmese script and a stamp. The artist's name is written in large roman lettering on the cover as well. The first page of the sketchbook includes the title ('Sceneries from Burma') within a red painted square with a small signed drawing of a pagoda.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1995,1121,0.5.9