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Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2: Kalinga Brahmins are Given the White Elephant

Thai (Artist)
late 19th century (Rattanakosin)
pigments on wood
(Southeast Asia )

Inscription

[Transcription] pho mang mae chi [?] sang wai nai phra satsana
[Translation] Father Mang and Mother Chi[?] commissioned for the religion

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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.

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Thailand (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 17 1/2 x W: 21 5/8 in. (44.5 x 55 cm)

Credit Line

Gift from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection, 2002

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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35.232

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