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Title:
Painted wooden panel
Object name(s):
Painted wooden panel
Brief description:
Wooden panel painted in opaque water colours, forming a frieze depicting part of the Ramayana story. The story is depicted from right to left against a red background as follows: the abduction of Sita, Ravana's combat with Jatayu, Rama and Lakshman shooting Marichi, and the combat betwen vanaras and rakshasas.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Paintings
Content - concept:
Hinduism
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2013GT2589/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Length
Dimension measurement unit:
ft
Dimension value:
6.5
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
9 3/8
Material:
Wood
Object history note:
A gift of H.R. Brackley, Esq
Object name:
Painted wooden panel
Object number:
IS.147-1964
Object production date:
19th century
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1800-01-01
Date - latest:
1900-12-31
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
West Bengal
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Wooden panel painted in opaque water colours, forming a frieze depicting part of the Ramayana story. The story is depicted from right to left against a red background as follows: the abduction of Sita, Ravana's combat with Jatayu, Rama and Lakshman shooting Marichi, and the combat betwen vanaras and rakshasas.
Reproduction number:
2013GT2589
Responsible department/section:
SSEA
Technique:
Painted
Technique:
wood, painted
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Reference:
Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
User's reference:
Reference details:
p.42

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/91535a0c-5a40-3bb3-bf2b-7b74770ef031

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/91535a0c-5a40-3bb3-bf2b-7b74770ef031, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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