19th-century Thai King

From: Asian Art Museum Limited Edition: 65 Exhibition: Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma Material: Printed vinyl Dimensions: 35" x 72" (88cm x 182cm) Hanging Hardware Included Summary An old Siamese parable tells of the pious King Nimi who was invited by the gods to visit Heaven. A chariot was sent for him and it passed through Hell on its way to Heaven. The artist has used the simple vocabulary of traditional Thai art and a bold but limited color palette to capture the scene. It is also captured on 40 banners from San Francisco's Asian Art Museum. Description According to the Buddhist parable “The Nimi Jataka”, King Nimi is the last in a lineage of eighty-four thousand generations of unbroken succession that began with Makhadeva, an enlightened and righteous king who strove to reach Nirvana. In promoting its exhibition, “Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam & Burma”, the Asian Art Museum uses a painting on cloth of King Nimi as Makhadeva reincarnate carried through the heavens on a