19th century, late Rattanakosin Kingdom, depicting the legendary monk Phra Malai visiting souls in the narakas (hells), 11 x 4-1/4 x 4 in.
Provenance: The Collection of William S. Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia; sold to benefit Tinwood Foundation
Note: A very similar model was exhibited and is illustrated in Beyond India: An Exhibition of Works of Art from Southeast Asia in the William and Robert Arnett Collection, The High Museum of Art, 1974, no. 21.
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The Collection of William S. Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia; sold to benefit Tinwood Foundation
Phra Malai figure slightly loose on base, looseness and solder repairs to implement in figure's hands, surface dirt at crevices, some rubbing and losses to gilding and polychroming, interior has been weighted with sand
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