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May 23, 2014
Buddha's Previous Life as a Woodpecker: Javasakunda Jataka
Buddha's Previous Life as a Woodpecker: Javasakunda Jataka
c. AD 175–225
Limestone
Overall: 30.7 x 54.2 x 9.6 cm (12 1/16 x 21 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Gift of George P. Bickford 1970.350
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Scenes from the past lives of the Buddha were among the major themes found on early Buddhist monuments. This one exemplifies his acts of kindness and his intelligence in one of his past lives when he was a born as a woodpecker and helped dislodge a bone from a lion's throat.
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