Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 3

Description This painting depicts the same scene as Vessantara Gives Away the Chariot (35.266) but with a different convention. Instead of a single scene, two different parts of the story are included within the small frame. First, the brahmins ask for the horses and the chariot. Then, at the top of the painting, they are seen taking the chariot and horses away.

Exhibitions

• Thai Story: The Vessantara Jataka. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2011-2012.

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

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