Cleveland Museum of Art
Battle between monkeys and demons, from the “Shangri” Ramayana
- Date
- c. 1700
- Medium
- Gum tempera and ink on paper
- Culture
- Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
- Department
- Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 677526
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
When the demon Ravana refused to return Sita to her husband, the divine hero Rama, Ravana sent his army to attack Rama. Rama’s army, made up mainly of monkeys from the forest, fought valiantly using only trees and rocks. The artist creates a tapestry of color and form to convey the confusion of battle. Some of the monkeys bare their teeth in primal screams.
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- Credit line
- Sundry Art - Miscellaneous Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1969: Mandi Royal Library, India | 1969–1973: Amrit Kaur, Maharani of Mandi, sold in London to a German scientist | 1973–2009: German scientist [d. 2020], consigned to Sotheby's London for sale | June 19, 2009: (Sotheby's London, England, June 19, 2009 sale, sold to Francesca Galloway) | 2009–2025: (Francesca Galloway, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 2025–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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