Lot Essay
The Jataka tales are stories of the past lives of Buddha. Prince Vessantara was Buddha Shakyamuni's most recent re-incarnation. This jataka teaches the virtues of selflessness and non-attachment.
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19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A Set of Five Thai Paintings
19th/20th Century
Depicting the Vessantara Jatakas, one painting illustrated with celestials adoring a chedi, one painting with celestials giving alms, one painting a scene of procession, one painting depicting a rustic scene within an architectural enclosure, one of a celestial with lion, each mounted in bright silk square borders
Each approximately: 26 x 22½ in. (66 x 57 cm.) (5)
19th/20th Century
Depicting the Vessantara Jatakas, one painting illustrated with celestials adoring a chedi, one painting with celestials giving alms, one painting a scene of procession, one painting depicting a rustic scene within an architectural enclosure, one of a celestial with lion, each mounted in bright silk square borders
Each approximately: 26 x 22½ in. (66 x 57 cm.) (5)
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