Thailand: Zodiacal phrommachat manuscript for the Year of the Rooster, hand painted with gilt, 19th century

Four roosters, each representing one quarter of the year, with a male yaksa as 'avatar' of the birthplace with a unique waist cloth, a plant and a number diagram determining the lucky and unlucky numbers for people born in the year of the rooster.

This manuscript was rescued from a burning temple in Rangoon. Phrommachāt, 19th century. British Library, Or.12167, f.21

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