Lakshmana and Surpanakha
Scroll Painting
ca. 1830 (made)
ca. 1830 (made)
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A painted scroll, the sixth of seven panels, with borders consisting of alternate diagonal spathe-shaped lozenges. The subject is related to the period of forest wanderings from the Ramayana. The scene depicts Lakhshman's encounter with Surpanakha. Rama and Sita play a game of 'chaupat' and the golden stag apears.
Object details
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| Title | Lakshmana and Surpanakha (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache on paper |
| Brief description | Scroll painting, scene from the Ramayana, Lakshmana's encounter with Surpanakha, by an artist of the Patua caste, gouache on paper, West Bengal, ca. 1830 |
| Physical description | A painted scroll, the sixth of seven panels, with borders consisting of alternate diagonal spathe-shaped lozenges. The subject is related to the period of forest wanderings from the Ramayana. The scene depicts Lakhshman's encounter with Surpanakha. Rama and Sita play a game of 'chaupat' and the golden stag apears. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with Art Fund support |
| Object history | The scroll was collected by late J.C. french in the Bankura district, now West Bengal in 1925. Purchased from the J.C. French collection in 1955 with the assistance of the National Art Collection Fund. |
| Production | Ramayana pata, painted by a member of the Patua caste in the Bankura district. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | Ramayana |
| 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.) :
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| Accession number | IS.107:6-1955 |
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| Record created | October 3, 2003 |
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