The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Leaf from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (Indian, died 1740)
late 1700s
Overall: 4.8 x 40.2 cm (1 7/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1979.21
Location: not on view
Description
This leaf from an 18th-century romance manuscript comes from a section of the book that retells the epic battle between the demon Ravana and the god-hero Rama. The 10-headed multiarmed demon Ravana is the second figure from the right. Rama’s army of monkeys and bears, wielding tree branches and clods of earth, fill the remainder of the leaf. The images were created using a stylus that incised into the palm leaf; charcoal was then rubbed over the leaf and wiped off, leaving only the incised areas in black.- ?–1979(Terence McInerney, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1979–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 96
- Martial Art of India (Indian Painting rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 21, 2022).Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).
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