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    "localId": "37187",
    "label": "Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "drawing",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.265"
}

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    "id": "37187",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.265",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 2 (Himavanta Forest)",
    "description": "In this scene, we see Prince Vessantara giving his prized white elephant to a group of brahmins from a neighboring kingdom. A white elephant was believed to bring rain and prosperity. Vessantara sits atop the elephant, surrounded by symbols of his royalty. He pours water into the brahmins' hands as a sign of the gift being given.",
    "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": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/35.265",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Painting & Drawing",
        "paintings"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_35.265_ATFnt_DD_T11.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 45.7,
            "height": 35.6
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "H: 18 x W: 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm); Framed, H: 26 5/8 × W: 21 5/8 × D: 7/8 in. (67.6 × 54.9 × 2.2 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "kan himaphan (Himavanta Forest Chapter)",
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        "23112",
        "30548",
        "25979"
    ],
    "med": "paint on cloth, gilding",
    "creator_ids": [
        "2501"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "SEA"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3147"
    ]
}

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