Description
Rollbild (Patua).
Gouache on canvas, probably Cambodia, 20th century Approx. 200 x 146 cm. Depicting scenes from the life of Buddha: In the upper part, Buddha is standing on a lotus blossom on the stairway to heaven, via which he is leaving Tavatimsa, one of the worlds of the gods, with worshippers praying to the left and right of the stairway. In the lower part, the Buddhist hell or underworld Naraka is depicted as hot hells: the sinners are presented to the hell judge and then tortured by the hell guards at the individual stations (or hells): tongue torn out, pierced with a trident, boiled in hot cauldrons, eaten by animals (here birds), etc. Under the lotus flower 2 lines of text probably in Khmer. Similar to the Tibetan thangka. - Some losses, some tears backed with adhesive tape, signs of age and wear.
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