Lot 309
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An illustration from the Shangri Ramayana, Lanka Kanda: the Battle of Lanka
An illustration from the Shangri Ramayana, Lanka Kanda: the Battle of Lanka

INDIA, PAHARI, KULU OR BAHU, CIRCA 1700-1710

Details
An illustration from the Shangri Ramayana, Lanka Kanda: the Battle of Lanka
India, Pahari, Kulu or Bahu, circa 1700-1710
Hanuman's monkey army vigorously battles Ravana's demons against a green ground with high horizon within a red margin, the verso inscribed "lanka"
Opaque pigments and gold on wasli
8 5/8 x 12½ in. (21.9 x 31.8 cm.), folio
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 18 September 2006, lot 10

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Lot Essay

The monumental Shangri Ramayana was once in the possession of Raja Raghubir Singh of Shangri. Additional pages from the dispersed series are in the collections of the British Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. For further discussion see B.N. Goswamy and E. Fischer, Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India, 2009, pp. 75-93.

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