Title

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 1 (Ten Boons), c1850-1870. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 1 (Ten Boons), c1850-1870. Before her rebirth on earth as Vessantara's mother, Queen Phusati resided in heaven as the primary queen of Indra, king of the gods. When it became time for Phusati to be reborn on earth, she appeared before Indra, and he granted her ten wishes for her future life. These included marriage to a king and having a generous son. In Thai paintings, Indra's heaven is often depicted as a walled compound with great riches, alluded to here by trees bearing abundant fruit.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B16_220

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51,6Mb (2,6Mb) / 12,1in x 16,5in / 3636 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature exterior outdoors tree woman women woman people man man men Asian Asia religious plant plants arts painting night sky religion Buddhist Buddhism monarch art green guy Thailand south east asia continent museum heaven color golden rebirth compound royal walled gold location gilt century gilded material textiles story fabric cloth wish wishing literature royalty Thai textile gilding concept pigment Southeast Asia two people Colour 19th century Siam Theravada 1860s nineteenth century Southeast Asian trees 1850s Indra Shakra sovereign TGN outside Queen buddhists portrait sky South-east Asia Jataka Unknown green colour Walters Art Museum Vessantara Jataka Heritage Art 19th-century wish fulfilment paint on cloth gilding Phusati