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Artifact 002

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University of Virginia thangkas

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Identifier: ViU-2024-0056

Four Harmonious Friends, 2023

 Item — Artifact: 002
Scope and Contents This thankga, titled Four Harmonious Friends or The Delightful Tale of Honoring the Age, depicts the tale of the four harmonious animals, one of the widely preached Jataka tales, a significant part of Buddhist mythology. It depicts an elephant standing under a fruit tree carrying a monkey, a hare and a bird on top of each other. The story tells of four animals, all close friends: a partridge, a hare, a monkey, and an elephant. They lived beneath a large banyan tree. Out of curiosity, they...
Dates: 2023