| Collection Number | 170 |
| Title | Bouraq |
| Time | 1990 Circa |
| Time Acquisition | 1995 |
| Place | Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia |
| Place of Acquisition | Junaedi Antique Shop, Martadinata Rd., Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia |
| Name Painter (Place and Year of Birth-Death) |
Unknown |
| Size | 39cm x 31cm |
| 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’.
A common motif in East Java, glass paintings with Buraq in Madura and among migrant Madurese communities are often used to protect from evil. Similar paintings can also be found in other parts of Java and in Arab countries. The seller, Junaedi is a childhood’s friend of the late O’ong Maryono and his shop is across O’ong’s family house. |