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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.125
Title
First Meeting of Rama and Lakshmana with Hanuman, from a Ramayana
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
c. 1720
Places
Creation Place: South Asia, India
Culture
Indian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216043

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.125
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
In the foreground, the blue-skinned Rama (the seventh avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu) and his brother, Lakshmana, approach Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god. Hanuman sits on a white platform, wearing strands of large pearls and red shorts. Rama and Lakshmana both wear a black turban from which their long, black strands of hair fall, a white scarf, and a dhoti, a garment worn by male Hindus that consists of a piece of fabric tied around the waist and extending to cover most of the legs. Both carry a bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. Quivers filled with arrows hang from their waists. The green background bears three trees. At the top of the painting, against a white ground, is an inscription.

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