pidan (a temple-hanging consisting of a large rectangular panel of handwoven silk decorated with Buddhist themes)
silk cloth, consisting of uneven twill groundweave patterned with resist-dyed weft thread (a technique known as hol in Cambodia, as ikat elsewhere)
L 8 ft. 3/4 in. W 2 ft. 10 1/2 in. (detail only shown above)
Cambodia
age uncertain, perhaps first half of 20th century
condition: very good
provenance: collected in Thailand by Jack Daulton
Subject matter: The Vessantara Jataka (the story of the Buddha's most recent past life)
References:
Gillian Green, Traditional Textiles of Cambodia: Cultural Threads and Material Heritage (Chicago: Buppha Press, 2003), pgs. 222-234.
Linda McIntosh, Weaving Paradise: Southeast Asian Textiles and Their Creators (Bangkok: Tilleke & Gibbins ROP, 2007), pgs. 58-59 (Cat. No. 20).
