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Rama and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, from a Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations [of Vishnu]) series
c. 1765
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Rama and Lakshmana Fighting Ravana, from a Dashavatara (Ten Incarnations [of Vishnu]) series, c. 1765. Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Chamba, Court of Raj Singh (reigned 1764–94). Gum tempera and gold on paper; image: 21.2 x 15.8 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.); page: 26.8 x 19.4 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1953.357 Rama and Lakshmana wield divine bows in their fight against the ten-headed demon Ravana.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Gum tempera and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 21.2 x 15.8 cm (8 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.); Page: 26.8 x 19.4 cm (10 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: [[top border, in Takri]] sri raja ram lachhamana avatara Translation: Sri Raja Rama and Lakshmana incarnation [of Vishnu] Remark: Written in white on the red border, typical of Chamba
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 1953.357
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- Rajput Painting, Images of the Mind
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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