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Source Description
After his banishment from the kingdom, Vessantara is accompanied into the forest by his wife, Maddi, and their two children. Traveling in an ornamented chariot, they meet some brahmins who ask them for the horses and chariot. After giving the horses and chariot away, the family proceeds on foot. In this scene, Vessantara is pouring water into the hands of a brahmin as he gives the chariot away.
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Document identity
localId
3580
label
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 3 (The Gift)
core
obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
id
3580
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 3 (The Gift)
description
After his banishment from the kingdom, Vessantara is accompanied into the forest by his wife, Maddi, and their two children. Traveling in an ornamented chariot, they meet some brahmins who ask them for the horses and chariot. After giving the horses and chariot away, the family proceeds on foot. In this scene, Vessantara is pouring water into the hands of a brahmin as he gives the chariot away.
provenance
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2002, by gift.
date
ca. 1850-1870 (Rattanakosin)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
47.5
height
37
dimensionsRaw
H: 18 11/16 x W: 14 9/16 in. (47.5 x 37 cm); Framed, H: 26 5/8 × W: 21 5/8 × D: 7/8 in. (67.6 × 54.9 × 2.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
kan thanakan (The Gift Chapter)
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23112
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med
paint on cloth, gilding
creator_ids
2501
collection_ids
SEA
exhibition_ids
3147
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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