Narrative Scroll: Vessantara Jataka

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Phra Malai
Worship of the Culamani Cetiya

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Maravijaya
(Chap. 1) Ten Boons: Indra and Queen Phusati

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(Chap. 2) Gift of the Elephant
(Chap. 3) Gitf of the Chariot

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(Chap. 4) Royal Family Leaves Sivi and Goes to Ceta
(Chap. 5) Jujaka's Home; Jujaka Chased up a Tree

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(Chap. 6) Cetaputta Gives Directions
Forest scene: animals [no inscriptions on lower border]

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(Chap. 7) Accuta Gives Directions
(Chap. 8) Vessantara Gives Away his Children

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(end of chap. 8)
(Chap. 9) Wild Beasts Prevent Maddi from Joining the Children
(Interpolated chapeter; inscription: mahaphotsatsakan / mahabhojasasakara) Jujaka Asleep in Hammock

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(Interpolated chapter; inscription: ratcha thong taek) Jujaka's Belly Bursts
(Chap. 10) Indra, in the Form of a Brahman, Requests Maddi

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(Chap. 10) Indra, in the Form of a Brahman, Requests Maddi
(Chapter 11, but inscription: Sakka ti choen) Unidentified scene of royal assembly;
possibly children brought to Sanjaya?
(Chapter 12, beginning) procession of elephants

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(Chap. 12, but no inscription) Procession of elephants and horses

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(Chap. 12; inscription: lakhon ...[?] Procession of horses; merry making

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(Chap. 12) Dancers; soldiers on foot

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Soldier on Foot

Provenance

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by gift.