Prince Vessantara Jataka
Color on cloth
須大拏太子本生圖
泰國
此本生布畫為泰國寺院舉行念誦本生經節（Thet Mahachat）時，用於懸掛在講堂內。念誦本生經節是泰國中部一大佛教節日，每年十月舉行，為期三天，每天從早至午夜念誦《太子須大拏經》。
此圖共分兩個情節，左下角太子一家四口坐鹿車上，前方一婆羅門攔於路中，跪地合掌，請求太子布施公鹿。上方草坡處描繪布施公鹿後，太子和太子妃唯有抱著一對子女步行上路。畫中四人始終盛飾瓔珞，未如經典描述般盡數施捨，應為畫家藉以表徵諸人的王族身分。
畫面無邊飾，構圖簡單，背景僅有一些樹木，唯樹葉以細筆點描，狀若珠串，頗具裝飾意味。整體畫風顯然並未受到歐洲藝術影響，故推測此畫應為十九世紀上半葉的作品。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 753.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Prince Vessantara Jataka." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 753.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Prince Vessantara Jataka" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:753.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Prince Vessantara Jataka. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 753).
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