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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
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.)
Location: not on view
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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.- ?–1968(Arun Bharany, New Delhi, India, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1968–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Oriental Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 70, pp. 182–184
- Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-August 18, 2004).Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).
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