Painted wooden panel
Painted Wooden Panel
19th century (made)
19th century (made)
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Wooden panel painted in opaque water colours, forming a frieze depicting part of the Ramayana story. The story is depicted from right to left against a red background as follows: the abduction of Sita, Ravana's combat with Jatayu, Rama and Lakshman shooting Marichi, and the combat betwen vanaras and rakshasas.
Object details
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| Title | Painted wooden panel (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | wood, painted |
| Brief description | Ramayana; Paintings, tempera, Bengal, C19 |
| Physical description | Wooden panel painted in opaque water colours, forming a frieze depicting part of the Ramayana story. The story is depicted from right to left against a red background as follows: the abduction of Sita, Ravana's combat with Jatayu, Rama and Lakshman shooting Marichi, and the combat betwen vanaras and rakshasas. |
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| Object history | A gift of H.R. Brackley, Esq |
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| Bibliographic reference | Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
p.42 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.147-1964 |
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| Record created | September 26, 2003 |
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