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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic and Asian Art | Day I
• Sale Date:
  08 Aug 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9024
• Lot Description:
  A Fine old Buddhist Glazed Ceramic Wall Tile, Burma, Late 18th Century
  Commissioned by the King for the Mingun Pagoda Upper Burma 18th Century. This old ceramic tile is of the type made for the Mingun pagoda, left unfinished at the death of King Bodawpaya (1819). This very beautiful Buddhist tile with an image of two monks sitting in niches who appear to be writing sutras or Buddhist prayers, below them is a line of old Burmese Script that looks like Pali writing. The tile is coated with a thick reddish-brown glaze. It is from Mingun, near Mandalay in Upper Burma and was commissioned in the eighteenth century by the local king for a massive temple complex that was never completed. Because the complex was not completed, this tile was made but not installed. Very few of these tiles occasional appear.
  23 x 23.5 cm, 3.5 cm [Thick]
• Provenance:
  Old Collection Australia & The Todd Barlin Collection of Asian Art
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Oriental

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