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Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 8 (The Royal Children)

Thai (Artist)
1850-1870 (Rattanakosin)
pigments on cloth, gilt
(Southeast Asia )

Inscription

kan kuman (Royal Children Chapter)

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.

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Geographies

Thailand (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 18 1/8 x W: 14 in. (46 x 35.5 cm); Framed, H: 26 5/8 × W: 21 5/8 × D: 7/8 in. (67.6 × 54.9 × 2.2 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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35.268

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