Rama and Sita

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Mandi (made)

Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, Rama and his wife, Sita, are sitting on a magnificent throne under the bejewelled royal umbrella that spreads over their heads. Surrounding the couple are Rama's three brothers and the army of monkeys and bears.

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Categories	Paintings Religion Hinduism Bonita Trust Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project SCRAN
Object type	Painting
Title	Rama and Sita (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Painted in opaque watercolour on paper Paint Opaque Watercolour Paper Painted
Brief description	Painting, Rama and Sita enthroned, opaque watercolour on paper, Mandi, ca. 1810-1820
Physical description	Painting, opaque watercolour on paper, Rama and his wife, Sita, are sitting on a magnificent throne under the bejewelled royal umbrella that spreads over their heads. Surrounding the couple are Rama's three brothers and the army of monkeys and bears.
Dimensions	Page height: 153mm (maximum) Page width: 305mm (maximum) Image within innermost painted borders height: 174mm Image within innermost painted borders width: 229mm 17/07/2013 dimensions measured as part of Indian Paintings Cataloguing Project 2013; object irregular in shape and torn.
Content description	Rama and his wife, Sita, are sitting on a magnificent throne under the bejewelled royal umbrella that spreads over their heads. Surrounding the couple are Rama's three brothers and the army of monkeys and bears.
Styles	Pahari Mandi
Credit line	P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund
Subjects depicted	Throne Deities Umbrella Monkeys Bears Army Rama Sita
Bibliographic reference	Indian paintings from the Punjab Hills : a survey and history of Pahari miniature painting / by W. G. Archer ; foreword by Sherman E. Lee. London :Delhi: Sotheby Parke Bernet ;Oxford University Press, 1973 Number: 0856670022 p. 366, Cat. no. 62
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.13-1949

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Record created	November 1, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69025/rama-and-sita-painting-unknown/

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