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| Keywords: Mandodari approaches her husband, the demon king Ravana.jpg Object ID 2003 4 Designation Mandodari approaches her husband the demon king Ravana while Prince Rama and his allies convene outside the palace from a manuscript of the Ramayana Life or Rama Date 1595-1605 Medium Opaque watercolors and gold on paper Place of Origin Northern India Style or Ware Mughal Credit Line Gift of the Connoisseurs' Council with additional funding from Fred M and Nancy Livingston Levin the Shenson Foundation in memory of A Jess Shenson Label After finally locating his abducted wife Rama plans an assault on the island fortress of Lanka where she has been imprisoned As the threat of battle looms several of Ravana's associates attempt to persuade the demon king to return Sita to her husband Among them is Mandodari Ravana's principal wife In this painting Mandodari is accompanied by another woman probably a maidservant as she approaches Ravana in his palace chambers Rama identified by his blue skin stands near his white-skinned brother Lakshmana in the lower-right-hand portion of this painting The pair are joined by several of their monkey allies Three of Ravana's demon guards patrol the palace and its grounds The earliest surviving illustrated manuscript of the Ramayana from South Asia was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Akbar reigned 1556-1605 shortly after he ordered the text of the epic to be translated into Persian The manuscript to which this page as well as the one to your right belonged is one of two early Ramayanas that were produced for members of the Mughal court The manuscript's patron is believed to have been Maharaja Bir Singh Deo reigned 1605-1627 ruler of the central Indian kingdom of Orchcha Stylistic continuities between surviving pages of the manuscript and works produced in the imperial Mughal ateliers indicate that Bir Singh Deo employed some of the same artists On display no Collection PAINTING Dimensions H 10 1/2 in x W 7 1/4 in H 26 7 cm x W 18 4 cm Department SA 1595-1605 http //67 52 109 59 8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/id/29448 author PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Ramayana Ravana Mandodari | ||||
