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Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 3
(Southeast Asia )
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.
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.
Exhibitions
| 2011-2012 | Thai Story: The Vessantara Jataka. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Thailand (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall H: 20 11/16 × W: 26 3/16 in. (52.5 × 66.5 cm); Framed, H: 22 5/8 × W: 27 5/8 × D: 7/8 in. (57.5 × 70.2 × 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
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
35.243
