Shiva and His Followers Return to Mount Kailash (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670–1740)
1700s
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Shiva and His Followers Return to Mount Kailash (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (1670–1740), 1700s. Eastern India, Odisha (formerly Orissa). Gum tempera and lampblack on palm leaf; leaf: 5.1 x 41 cm (2 x 16 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.175.b There is a three-legged yogi.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- gum tempera and lampblack on palm leaf
- Dimensions
- Leaf: 5.1 x 41 cm (2 x 16 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: kailasakandara Translation: A cave in Kailasa Remark: On the verso, next to the mountain Inscription: 1 Translation: Page one Remark: The number is in the left margin. A number 4 has been scrtched out above the number one; either way this was an early folio in the manuscript, either the first or the fourth. Inscription: e pancagni gartta acchi Translation: This is the five fire pit. Inscription: e rajāpua tapasā kari/ sivapūjā kari acchi Translation: The prince, having performed austerities, worships Shiva. Remark: on the recto Inscription: agni jalum accchi Translation: Fire is blazing. Remark: On the recto, at the top, right, incised in Oriya
- Departments
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 2018.175.b
- Credit Line
- Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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