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The Horse, its posture and training.

Accession number
MS W.70
Object title
The Horse, its posture and training.
Display Date
ca. 1660
Created
Thailand (Siam), ca. 1660
Binding
Paper leaves are folded in accordion style; held between original paper wrappers; in tan cloth box with leather spine inscribed: Siamese MMS. The Horse c.1660; lined with stamped paper and pink felt, signed JPW 1964.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia Parker Wightman, 1994.
Description
38 leaves (1 column, 4 lines), bound : native paper, ill. ; 361 x 121 mm
Provenance
Harry A. Levinson, Beverly Hills, CA; purchased by Julia Parker Wightman from Levinson in 1964; JPW 5396; Julia Parker Wightman Bequest in 1994.
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in Thailand (Siam) ca. 1660.
Decoration: 62 gouache paintings of horses, either posing on pedestals, standing in a landscape, or saddled and bound with training ropes; 1 line drawing of a horse; 12 geometrical drawings.
Script
Siamese script of the Ayutha period
Language
Thai
Century
Classification