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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Tiered Court Scene
c. 1735
(Indian, c. 1680–с. 1750)
Overall: 54.6 x 39 cm (21 1/2 x 15 3/8 in.); Painting: 40.1 x 29.1 cm (15 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Location: not on view
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A leering sea horse monster rears its head below the golden island city of Lanka.Description
Emperor Muhammad Shah rekindled an imperial interest in Hinduism that had not been so strong since the time of Akbar, 150 years before. He commissioned this painting that shows the acts of Rama, hero of a Hindu epic, who slays the demon of the golden city of Lanka at the top of the page. In the middle sections, various Hindu deities enjoy music, kite flying, and boating, while at the bottom the Krishna plays Holi with his lover Radha and other palace women. They shoot red-colored water at one another with plunger guns in celebration of the coming of spring.- ?–1973Michael and Georgia de Havenon, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1973–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986. Reproduced: cat. no. 52.Mace, Sonya Rhie, Mohsen Ashtiany, Catherine Glynn, Pedro Moura Carvalho, Marcus Fraser, and Ruby Lal. Mughal Paintings: Art and Stories. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. Reproduced: figures 4.111 and 4.112, pp. 258–262"A Hindu Painting from Mughal India." Nūr: CAIS magazine 5, no. 2 (Winter 2021): Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 18.
- Imagining Rama's Journey (Indian Painting rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016).
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