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Canopy with a protective diagram
Early 1900s
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Square cotton canopy painted with a protective diagram with the Buddha seated beneath the Bodhi tree at the centre surrounded by two concentric rings of powerful beings. The guardians of the four directions appear in the corners.
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Details
- Title: Canopy with a protective diagram
- Date Created: Early 1900s
- Physical Dimensions: Length: 169.5 centimetres x Width: 175 centimetres
- Production place: Burma
- Material: Pigment on cloth
- Copyright: © Trustees of the British Museum
- British Museum link: 1997,0324,0.2
- Acquisition: Funded by the Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund
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