Vintage Thai Temple Rubbing on Rice Paper: Musicians Dark Orange (20.5” x 23”)

Original temple rubbings of this quality are rare. Original temple rubbings from Thailand are even more rare now as the Thai government has banned the practice of making them directly from temple walls.
 
We believe this dark orange and black temple rubbing on rice paper is taken from a portion of a scene from the Ramakien, the Thai version of the Indian Ramayana, on a temple wall. Traditional instruments include (from right to left) the phin (Thai lute), the krachappi/ grajabpi (another classical Thai lute), and a thon (Thai drum).
 
This is one of several our mother probably purchased while passing through Thailand in 1968 or upon moving there in 1969 as the practice of creating temple rubbings with crayons on handmade rice paper direct from temple walls was banned in the late 1960s or early 1970s. 
 
It is in excellent condition for its age, with but one side of the well preserved handmade rice paper folded over. We believe it has been rolled up for decades, never used.
 
H 20 1/2” x L 23”
 
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