Khmer Pidan with Scenes from the Jataka Tales

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Khmer Pidan with Scenes from the Jataka Tales

Place

Cambodia (Object made in)

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Made 1875–1900

Medium

Center panel: silk, weft ikat weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill weave; side panels: silk, stripes of weft-faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave and stripes of plain weave; lower edge tape: silk, plain weave with attached gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-wrapped silk knotted cut fringe; center and side panels joined

Dimensions

303.9 × 110.7 cm (119 3/4 × 43 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment

Reference Number

2001.12

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