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Vessantara and his wife meet with her father, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

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Vessantara and his wife meet with her father, 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. 29 1/8 in × W. 22 1/16 in (74 cm × 56 cm)

Credit LineGift from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection

Object number2006.27.81.10

DepartmentSoutheast Asian Art

ClassificationsPainting

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InscribedWanaprawet pradap duai phra khatha ("Entrance to the forest" accompanied by its verses) [FM 9/05]

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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 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'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

Vessantara, reunited with his family, attends his father the king, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Vessantara, reunited with his family, attends his father the king, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

1800-1900

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)

1850-1900

Vessantara gives away his wife, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Vessantara gives away his wife, 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 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 gives away his wife, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Vessantara gives away his wife, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

approx. 1825-1875

Vessantara, reunited with his family, attends his father the king (?), a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Vessantara, reunited with his family, attends his father the king (?), a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

1875-1900

Prince Vessantara with his wife and children in the palace, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Prince Vessantara with his wife and children in the palace, a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

1800-1900

Vessantara and his father return to the capital (?), a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

Vessantara and his father return to the capital (?), a scene from the next-to-last life of the Buddha (Vessantara Jataka)

1875-1900