| Collection Number | 131 |
| Title | Bouraq |
| Time | 1996 |
| Time Acquisition | 1996 |
| Place | Jl. Pemuda 19, Muntilan, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia |
| Place of Acquisition | From painter, Muntilan, Central Java, Indonesia |
| Name Painter (Place and Year of Birth-Death) |
Maryono (Muntilan 1938-2012) |
| Size | 49cm x 35cm |
| Category (Sub-Category) |
Islam (Bouraq) |
| Current Location | Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) Permanent Exhibition “Indonesian Glass Paintings: The Collection of O‘ong Maryono and Rosalia Sciortino” Link: http://www.vme.org.vn/permanent-exhibitions/ tranh-kinh-indonesia-en-us/ |
| Description | The Bouraq is a flying creature with an animal body and a human head, which is told to have carried the Prophet Mohamed from the Mecca to Jerusalem in the night to meet Jesus and Moses before returning to the Mecca and then to heaven during the episode known as Isra and Miraj (meaning respectively in Arab ‘night-time journey’ and ‘ascension’.
As a motif, the Buraq is more common in East Java, especially in Madura and among migrant Madurese communities, but can also be found in Central Java. Similar paintings can also be found in Arab countries. The painter Maryono is the younger brother of Sastrogambar –another well-known painter of glass paintings. |