Rama holding a bow and a crescent tipped arrow
Painting
ca. 1825 (made)
ca. 1825 (made)
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Rama, the seventh avatara of Vishnu, holding a bow and a crescent tipped arrow. From a series of 100 drawings of Hindu deities created in South India.
Object details
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Title | Rama holding a bow and a crescent tipped arrow (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Gouache on watermarked paper dated 1820 |
Brief description | Painting; gouache on watermarked paper, Rama holding a bow and a crescent tipped arrow, Trichinopoly, ca.1825. |
Physical description | Rama, the seventh avatara of Vishnu, holding a bow and a crescent tipped arrow. From a series of 100 drawings of Hindu deities created in South India. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Vistnoo came on to this world by name Ramah to kill Ravana and Combacarnah as well as other giants.' (Inscribed with titles in Telugu with broken english translations.) |
Object history | Purchased from Mr A. Churchill, 1923. |
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Bibliographic reference | Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period
Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 30 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
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Accession number | IM.426-1923 |
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Record created | October 2, 2002 |
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