id:			539459
accession number:	1968.108.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.108.a
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Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth, folio 18 (recto) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand, 1744–45. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Kishangarh. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; image: 13.4 x 14.9 cm (5 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.); page: 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.a

title:				Ravana battles the great vulture Jatayu and defeats him by throwing stones in his mouth, folio 18 (recto) from a Chandana Malayagiri Varta (Story of King Chandana and Queen Malayagiri) of Karamachand
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creation date:			1744–45
creation date earliest:		1744
creation date latest:		1745
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creditline:			James Parmelee and Cornelia Blakemore Warner Funds
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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
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measurements: Image: 13.4 x 14.9 cm (5 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.); Page: 28.8 x 20 cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	[[caption above image]] aṭhai gīradhavo paṁkhī rāvaṇa suṁ judha karai paṁkhī hāryo pathara muha mai nākhyā / bhāva 35
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	inscription:	[[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
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 4-August 5, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-02-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Indian Miniature Rotation (Gallery 115)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-August 18, 2004).', 'opening_date': '2004-02-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Arun Bharany, New Delhi, India, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1968
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Oriental Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 70, pp. 182–184
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