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Artist
Unknown artist Unknown artist (Gandhara)
Description
English: Sibi Jataka : during one of his previous lives, the Buddha offers his own flesh to a hawk to ransom the life of a pigeon.
Français : Sibi Jataka : au cours d'une de ses vies antérieures, le Bouddha offre sa propre chair à un faucon en échange de la vie d'un pigeon.
Date between circa 100 and circa 299 AD
Medium carved schist
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Department of Asia, room G33
Accession number
OA 1912.12-21.1
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Marie-Lan Nguyen

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