Illustration to the 'Second Guler' Ramayana: The Great Monkey Army Battles Indrajit
Illustration to the 'Second Guler' Ramayana: The Great Monkey Army Battles Indrajit

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Illustration to the 'Second Guler' Ramayana: The Great Monkey Army Battles Indrajit,

ca. 1790

Indian
2024-312

Information

Title
Illustration to the 'Second Guler' Ramayana: The Great Monkey Army Battles Indrajit
Dates

ca. 1790

Medium
Opaque watercolor with gold on paper
Dimensions
image: 20.3 × 30.2 cm (8 × 11 7/8 in.) mount: 25.1 × 35.2 cm (9 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.) frame: 49.5 × 60 × 2.9 cm (19 1/2 × 23 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel Shatz and family
Object Number
2024-312
Place Made

Asia, India, Kangra

Culture
Indian, Asian
Type
illustrations, paintings
Materials
watercolors, paper (fiber product), gold
Techniques
heightening
Subject
figures (representations), elephants, horses, monkeys, battles

October 2023–present, Collection of Daniel Shatz, NYC
October 202,3 Sold by Kapoor Galleries, purchased by Daniel Shatz, NYC
23 March 2022, Sold at Christie’s NYC, lot 467, purchased by Kapoor Galleries
2021–2022, Collection of Estate of Marilyn T. Grayburn, NY
?–2021, Collection of Marilyn T. Grayburn (1926–2021), NY. Grayburn was buying

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