A painting from a dispersed Ramayana series: The Sacrifice of Rama's Horse
A painting from a dispersed Ramayana series: The Sacrifice of Rama's Horse

INDIA, KANGRA OR GARHWAL, CIRCA 1810-20

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A painting from a dispersed Ramayana series: The Sacrifice of Rama's Horse
India, Kangra or Garhwal, circa 1810-20
With a white horse at center, an army following close behind, as he gallops towards a crowd gathered at the outskirts of a kingdom where three men stand with folded hands, each attended by a man bearing a peacock-feather fan, with inscriptions on the verso
Opaque pigments on paper
10½ x 14 in. (26.7 x 35.6 cm.), image
13 1/8 x 16¾ in. (33.3 x 42.5 cm.), folio
來源
Doris Wiener, New York
Private collection, Canada

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In this painting, the horse at center is identified by the inscription above his head (shyama karana, the name used to refer to the sacrificial horse). The three men identified as raja by inscription are probably Rama's sons, Kusha and Lava, and their teacher, the great sage Valmiki. For a full description of the ashvamedha (horse sacrifice), see lot 1099.
This painting possibly comes from the same dispersed series as a work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, "Battle between Lava and Rama's brother, Shatrughna, near the hermitage of Valmiki" (acc. no. 75.203.2), also from the collection of Mr. Ed and Mrs. Doris Wiener.

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