Rama Releases the Demon Spies Shuka and Sarana: Folio from the Siege of Lanka series
The image depicts a scene with a large yellow building on the left side featuring a flat roof and a small balcony with three people standing on it, one wearing red and two wearing green. On the balcony, two people are holding weapons. The building has a short wall around it and a flat roof. A person wearing green stands in an archway. The building sits on a hill with trees and bushes. A body of water is in front of the hill. A group of people, some wearing white and others wearing green or blue, are on the right side of the image. The people on the right are surrounded by large gray rocks and there are trees on a hill behind them. The background shows a green hillside with trees. The image has a red border.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1725
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper
- Culture
- India, Guler, Himachal Pradesh
- Dimensions
- 600 × 441 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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