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Page from a Dispersed Ramayana (Story of Rama)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tan-colored paper with darker tan edges. A pencil drawing depicts a hillside with trees, bushes, and rounded shrubs. A man in a dhoti holds a bow and arrow on a hillside on the left. A woman sits on a hillside with a red and orange sari. Two men with long beards stand facing her on the right. A man and woman float in the sky on the top right with orange markings on their clothing. A figure faces left on the bottom center. A deer runs along the bottom left. All figures have handwriting written in red above them.

Artwork details

Date:
first quarter of the 19th century
Medium:
Graphite with color on paper
Culture:
India (Punjab Hills, Kangra)
Dimensions:
599 × 457 px
Museum record:
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