painting
- Museum number
- 1974,0617,0.14.3
- Description
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Gouache painting on paper from a set of eight paintings of deities and processional scenes. An illustration of the Ramayana. Rāma is seated on a throne, flanked by Sīta and Lakṣmaṇa, while Hanuman is in the foreground.
- Production date
- 18thC(late)-19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 29.60 centimetres
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Width: 20.80 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Dallapiccola 2010:
The layout of the paintings resemble the large so-called 'Thanjavur' paintings which hang in private puja rooms and in the meeting halls of religious institutions.
When this collection was originally acquired, eight paintings in a distinctly Tanjore style (1974,0617,0.14.1-8) were bound together with a collection of thirty paintings (1974,0617,0.14.9-38) that appear to be of a style associated with Maharashtra. The paintings have since all been removed from this binding.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Ramayana
- Acquisition date
- 1974
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books (OMPB).
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1974,0617,0.14.3
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 26549