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Vessantara's wife encounters a lion, tiger, and leopard, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Vessantara's wife encounters a lion, tiger, and leopard, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Vessantara's wife encounters a lion, tiger, and leopard, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Place of OriginCentral Thailand
Date1800-1900
MaterialsPaint and gold on cloth
DimensionsOverall: H. 25 15/16 in × W. 19 1/2 in (65.9 cm × 49.5 cm)
Credit LineGift from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Object number2006.27.83.1
DepartmentSoutheast Asian Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on view
Inscribedmatri [sic, spelled mat-ri] 9_ phra khatha ("Maddi" in 9_ verses)
Vessantara's wife encounters a lion, tiger, and leopard, and then rejoins her husband, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Vessantara's wife encounters a lion, tiger, and leopard, and then rejoins her husband, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
approx. 1850-1900
Vessantara's wife encounters a lion, tiger, and leopard, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Vessantara's wife encounters a lion, tiger, and leopard, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
1850-1900
Vessantara and his wife see the approach of Vessantara's father's retinue, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Vessantara and his wife see the approach of Vessantara's father's retinue, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
1800-1900
Jujaka encounters the hunter, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Jujaka encounters the hunter, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
approx. 1800-1850
Jujaka's wife is ridiculed; she then urges her husband to ask Vessantara for his children, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side A; Another scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side B
Jujaka's wife is ridiculed; she then urges her husband to ask Vessantara for his children, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side A; Another scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side B
1800-1900
Vessantara's children are cared for a Jujaka sleeps, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Vessantara's children are cared for a Jujaka sleeps, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
approx. 1800-1850
Vessantara and his wife see the approach of Vessantara's father's retinue, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Vessantara and his wife see the approach of Vessantara's father's retinue, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
1850-1900
Jujaka encounters the hunter, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Jujaka encounters the hunter, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
1850-1900
Vessantara's wife, mother, and children return to the capital (?), a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Vessantara's wife, mother, and children return to the capital (?), a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
1875-1900
Indra grants Phusati ten favors before she descends from heaven to become the mother of Vessantara, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side A; Another scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side B
Indra grants Phusati ten favors before she descends from heaven to become the mother of Vessantara, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side A; Another scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side B
1800-1900
Vessantara gives away the chariot, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side A; Another scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side B
Vessantara gives away the chariot, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side A; Another scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka) - side B
1800-1900
Vessantara's children are cared for as Jujaka sleeps, chapter 11 from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Vessantara's children are cared for as Jujaka sleeps, chapter 11 from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
approx. 1800-1850