Rama and Sita with Lakshman visiting an ascetic in the forest Kangra, circa 1830
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An illustration to the Ramayana: Rama and Sita with Lakshmana visiting a hillside hermitage, an ascetic greeting them as bearers offer trays of apples, devotees in the foreground
Kangra, circa 1830
gouache on paper, blue inner border with floral motifs in gold and white, pink outer border, unframed
266 x 355 mm.
Sold for £6,600 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • For other paintings depicting hermitage scenes with Rama and Sita, see W. G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills, London 1973, vol. I, p. 308, nos. 69 and 70; vol. II, p. 232, pls. 69 and 70.

Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art

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