Thailand.- Phra Malai [Buddhist Visions of Heaven and Hell], samut knoi (concertina) manuscript in Thai, on paper, with some Pali words cited in fine Cambodian script, 93 leaves, text to recto and verso in black ink on 5 widely spaced ruled lines, many ff. laid out as verse, 28 coloured miniatures in sets of 2, each extending over 2 leaves, a few repairs to folds, corners slightly worn, some light soiling but overall good, leaves folding concertina-style into black lacquered covers, rubbed, each leaf 145 x 670mm., [Thailand], [mid-20th century]. *** Recounting the journeys of Phra Malai, a didactic monk, from earth to heaven and hell. The miniatures include a seated monk in transcendental meditation before a corpse, a hell scene of sinners in the thorny kapok tree, a hell demon with a bladed discus in his head, a peasant presenting alms to Phra Malai, and a peasant picking lotus flowers in a stream.Provenance: "This Malai belongs to Mr. [Nai] Heng (Chinese) and Mrs. [Nang] Aum” (ownership inscription in Thai to preliminary leaf).