id: 143653 accession number: 1968.108 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.108 updated: 2025-01-13 13:04:36.833000 Folio 18 from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand: Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth (recto); Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be (verso), 1744–45. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; recto painting: 13.4 x 14.9 cm (5 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.); verso painting: 14.9 x 14.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.); overall: 28.8 x 20 cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee and Cornelia Blakemore Warner Funds 1968.108 title: Folio 18 from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand: Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth (recto); Jatayu approaches Rama and Lakshmana who are wondering where Sita could be (verso) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1744–45 creation date earliest: 1744 creation date latest: 1745 current location: creditline: James Parmelee and Cornelia Blakemore Warner Funds copyright: --- culture: Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh technique: Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Recto Painting: 13.4 x 14.9 cm (5 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.); Verso Painting: 14.9 x 14.8 cm (5 7/8 x 5 13/16 in.); Overall: 28.8 x 20 cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: [[recto, caption above image]] aṭhai gīradhavo paṁkhī rāvaṇa suṁ judha karai paṁkhī hāryo pathara muha mai nākhyā / bhāva 35 translation: remark: inscription: [[recto, text below image]] rāvaṇa kai geha || nayaṇā āsu jhaḍa lagyau || jāṇika barasata meha / ||92|| gīradhavo paṁkhī śrī rāma ko || sītā cokīdāra || cugaṇa / gayo tīṇa avasarai || pāchai harī ja nāra ||93|| rāvaṇa līyā jā / ta hai || sītā karī pukāra || paṁkhī pākha pasāra ke || paḍyo ja rāvaṇa / lāra ||94|| cāca mārata saba deha mai || jaisai barachī pāra || laḍata / laḍata rāvaṇa ḍaryo || khuba pohocāï māra ||95|| pathara lo / hī rāvaṇa raṁgai || ḍārata mukha mai khāta || pāthara su bhārī huvo / jaba rāvaṇa le jāta ||96|| le sītā laṁkā gaye || rākasa / bhae ūdāsa || rāvaṇa kuṁ aisai kahai || gayo ja laṁkā bāsa ||9 / 7|| rāvaṇa vāyakaḥ || rākasā su kahai joma kī bāta translation: remark: inscription: [[verso, caption above image]] aṭhai śrī rāmajī dusatā baiṭhā sītā bījyoga ūpajyau lachamaṇa hī malāsa dai / bhāva 36 translation: remark: inscription: [[verso, text above image and caption]] bhūmaṁḍala aiso ko nahī || jyo chuḍāvata mujha ṭhāma || bhāji karu caka / cura hī || rāvaṇa māharo nāma ||98|| abai rāvaṇa sītā ne lera laṁka / gaḍha mai gayo chai avai śrī rāmajī ka sīta rai suṁ lera āvai so bhāva / āe rāma sakāra su || sītā na deṁkhai naina || sunī maḍhiyā dekha kai | / lakhamaṇa su kahai vaiṇa ||99|| pābe kuṁ banaphala mīlaiṁ || ūḍhaṇa ku / tarupata || ete mai sītā hara gae || bīpata māhībīpata ||100| la / chamaṇa bāyaka rāmajī su kahaiḥ || soraṭho bhāi mo disa bhāla || mai / kema ja māro kaḍhiyo || trīyā bīṇa eka hī bāra || rovai kāsuṁ / rāmacaṁda ||1|| ete mai gīradhavo paṁkhī || āyo rāma hajura || translation: remark: inscription: [[verso, lower right corner]] 18 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review for 1968 opening date: 1969-01-29T05:00:00 Year in Review for 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969). title: Imagining Rama's Journey (Indian Painting rotation) opening date: 2023-03-10T05:00:00 Imagining Rama's Journey (Indian Painting rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-02-04T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-August 18, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-02-20T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE (Arun Bharany, New Delhi, India, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: ?–1968 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1968– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Leach, Linda York. Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Oriental Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 70, pp. 182–184 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.108/1968.108_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.108/1968.108_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1968.108/1968.108_full.tif