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Jujaka asks the hermit Acchuta where Vessantara is staying, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Jujaka asks the hermit Acchuta where Vessantara is staying, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Jujaka asks the hermit Acchuta where Vessantara is staying, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Place of OriginCambodia or Thailand
Date1875-1900
MaterialsPaint and gold on cloth
DimensionsImage: H. 14 in × W. 20 7/16 in (35.6 cm × 51.9 cm)
Overall: H. 15 1/2 in × W. 22 5/8 in (39.4 cm × 57.5 cm)
Credit LineGift from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Object number2006.27.65
DepartmentSoutheast Asian Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on view
InscribedInscription on back in Cambodian script : Khan mahaphon thi 7 phra khatha 80 (Mahavana chapter in 80 verses) [read by Peter Skilling on 9/16/05].
Jujaka asks the hermit Acchuta where Vessantara is staying, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Jujaka asks the hermit Acchuta where Vessantara is staying, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
1800-1900
Jujaka asks the hermit Acchuta where Vessantara is staying, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Jujaka asks the hermit Acchuta where Vessantara is staying, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
1850-1900
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
1850-1900
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
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
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
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
Vessantara calls his children from hiding to give them to Jujaka, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
Vessantara calls his children from hiding to give them to Jujaka, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)
1850-1900
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)
1850-1900