Enthroned Rama and Sita receive homage from their monkey and bear Allies, from the Yuddha Kanda (Book of the War) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

The Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

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Enthroned Rama and Sita receive homage from their monkey and bear Allies, from the Yuddha Kanda (Book of the War) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)

c. 1765

Medium: gum tempera and gold on paper
Dimensions: Overall: 40.7 x 28.9 cm (16 x 11 3/8 in.); Painting: 23.7 x 14.9 cm (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Classification: Painting
Style: Indian Art
Origin: Northern India, Pahari kingdoms
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund

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Provenance

Public

1979

(Christie’s, London, England, lot 119, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim)

1979–2018

Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection

2018–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Source provenance text

(Christie’s, London, England, lot 119, sold to Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim) Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Exhibitions

Public

Indian Gallery 242 Rotation

Imagining Rama’s Journey

Source exhibition text

Indian Gallery 242 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019). Imagining Rama’s Journey. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

This scene is set at the end of the Hindu epic <em>Ramayana</em>, after Rama returns from 14 years of exile in the forest. During Rama’s time of exile, Ravana abducted Rama’s wife Sita. Rama gathered an army of monkeys and bears, and rescued Sita. The chiefs of the monkey and bear armies pay their respects to the reunited royal couple.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 2 structured exhibitions.

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