Section from a scroll painting, painted in watercolour on paper, mounted on cotton, illustrating a version of the Ramayana, the section is in two registers, of which the upper is preceded by the lower in the sequence of narration. In the lower half, Sita is offering food to Ravana, who appears as a lion-headed mendicant. To the right of this he is shown in his true form, bearing her off in his chariot, while Jatayu expostulates with him and points up to the figure of Rama, who stands with Lakshman at the extreme right. In the upper register, Hanuman is shown in the Asoka tree presenting Rama's ring to Sita and to the right he is shown after his capture, in conversation with Ravana.