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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AuDragon, post: 390136, member: 6974&quot;]Hi Kevin,</p><p>Can I just add a couple of things? I believe AJ is correct about the story and it being Thai. However, it does not appear to be the typical mass-produced tourist piece.</p><p>Can you tell how it was made? It&#039;s hard to tell from the image.</p><p>To me, it looks a bit like a rubbing from a temple wall or bas relief carving. It looks a bit &quot;one-off&quot;, and could easily have been an individual work by a single person. They are rarely signed or dated. It&#039;s really hard to tell with just the one image but the way the crayon/pastel/pencil seems to have bled into the paper suggests a little age, but of course, it needs a close inspection to be sure.</p><p>It looks like it might have had extra colours added to in-fill the skin and the faces for example. As I said, its hard to tell, and I could be wildly off the mark here.</p><p>Is the frame original or is that later?</p><p>I have several Thai paintings, manuscripts and artworks that I have collected, but haven&#039;t seen one produced in this way or in this detail. </p><p>I&#039;d agree with Debora and suggest 70-80&#039;s, but paper quality in Thailand isn&#039;t always high, and it can stain, discolour and mark easily. This can make artwork look older than it is. I bought some beautiful coloured ink-wash pieces several years ago that will eventually fade to grey. (Not the 1980&#039;s Visage song.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>I&#039;m glad your wife loves it, it has a gentle spiritual feel, typical of traditional Thai artwork.</p><p>Enjoy it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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