Rama
Figure
1800-1850 (made)
1800-1850 (made)
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Figure of Rama (or his brother, Bharata) with his left arm raised and the left one lowered to hold a missing bow and arrow. The figure has a very plain base. 562(IS) has a a very similar base- suggesting this may be a subsidiary figure of one of Rama's brothers, possibly Bharata as previously believed in the nineteenth-century acquisition register, coming from a multi-figure shrine. It shows little wear.
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| Materials and techniques | Copper alloy casting |
| Brief description | Rama (or Bharata); sculpture, copper alloy, 1800-1850, South India. |
| Physical description | Figure of Rama (or his brother, Bharata) with his left arm raised and the left one lowered to hold a missing bow and arrow. The figure has a very plain base. 562(IS) has a a very similar base- suggesting this may be a subsidiary figure of one of Rama's brothers, possibly Bharata as previously believed in the nineteenth-century acquisition register, coming from a multi-figure shrine. It shows little wear. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in London to the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) in 1879. The India Museum Slips number this object as 391. The 1880 aquisition register names this figure a 'Bharata, brother of Rama CXhandra'. |
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| Accession number | 658(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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