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Bought a oriental painting...what is it?
I bought this oriental painting from a estate sale today. It looks interesting. I have no idea what it is. Can anyone help me figure it out?
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
It looks like Javanese/Indonesian shadow puppets made on Batik cloth using wax resist. I could be wrong on the Batik part, but they are definitely shadow puppets.
Shadow puppets:
https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=indonesian+shad...
What is Batik?:
http://www.batikguild.org.uk/whatisbatik.asp
Hope I helped. :)
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