Title

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 10 (Indra's Realm), 1850-1870. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Vessantara Jataka, Chapter 10 (Indra's Realm), 1850-1870. The deity Indra fears that a dishonorable person will ask for Maddi. He therefore takes the form of a brahmin and asks for Maddi for himself. In this scene, Indra is recognizable to the viewer in his adopted form because his skin is green, the colour associated specifically with Indra. The Chinese-style architecture depicted here is a stylistic trend that became increasingly common in Thai paintings of the mid- to late 19th century.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B16_223

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

52,8Mb (3,2Mb) / 12,4in x 16,5in / 3720 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors water building woman women woman people man man men Asian Asia religious arts painting country pouring religion Buddhist Buddhism China art Chinese green guy Thailand south east asia continent museum color palace Hinduism kneeling location century material textiles story fabric generosity cloth literature Thai textile concept pigment Southeast Asia three people posture Colour 19th century Siam Theravada 1860s Brahman nineteenth century Southeast Asian 1850s brahmin Indra Shakra TGN generous outside buddhists portrait young women South-east Asia young man young men young woman Jataka Unknown green colour Walters Art Museum Vessantara Jataka Heritage Art 19th-century Maddi Vessantara paint on cloth gilding