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Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest): Vessantara Gives the White Elephant to the Kalinga Brahmins
19th century (Rattanakosin)
pigments on cloth, gilt
(Southeast Asia )
(Southeast Asia )
Inscription
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.
Geographies
Thailand (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 27 3/16 x W: 20 1/16 in. (69 x 51 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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35.281
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