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Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be, folio 18 (verso) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand

1744–45

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh

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Medium
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
Measurements
Image: 14.9 x 14.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.); Page: 28.8 x 20 cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
James Parmelee and Cornelia Blakemore Warner Funds 1968.108.b
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The folio number 18 is written in black in the lower right corner.

Description

Rama sits in front of the empty hut, while his brother Lakshmana tries to reassure him. The giant vulture Jatayu limps over a hill in the distance, still weighed down by the stones he swallowed. He approaches to tell Rama and Lakshmana that the demon Ravana abducted Sita.
A vertically oriented tempera painting depicts rows of red and black script above a landscape scene. Below, Rama sits upon pink rocks facing Lakshmana; both men have medium-light skin tones. A yellow, domed building stands at our left. In the background, a jagged pink mountain rises beside Jatayu, a bird with a green head and pinkish body. A decorative border of yellow and orange blossoms frames the entire page.

Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be, folio 18 (verso) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand

1744–45

Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh

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