Lot number 246 - Auction 143
EIN GEMÄLDE ZU KAPITEL 9 (MADDI) DES VESSANTARA JATAKA

A PAINTING OF CHAPTER 9 (MADDI) OF THE VESSANTARA JATAKA Thailand, 19th/20th century Color on cloth, framed and under glass. Visible size 40x61.5 cm (48.5x69.7 cm with frame). The painting depicts a scene from Chapter 9 of the Vessantara Jataka, in which divine beings in the forms of a lion, tiger, and leopard block Maddi's path as she collects food in the forest, preventing her from returning home while Vessantara gives their children to Jujaka. With traces of age, partially damaged and with loss of colors.