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Thailand: Zodiacal phrommachat hand-painted manuscript for the Year of the Rooster dated 1885

Thailand: Zodiacal <i>phrommachat</i> hand-painted manuscript for the Year of the Rooster dated 1885

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.

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