id:			149598
accession number:	1979.21.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.21.b
updated:		2023-08-23 22:37:58.610000

The Monkeys and Bears Fight Ravana and His Demons (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (Indian, died 1740), late 1700s. Eastern India, Odisha. Charcoal on palm leaf; overall: 4.8 x 40.2 cm (1 7/8 x 15 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1979.21.b

title:				The Monkeys and Bears Fight Ravana and His Demons (verso), from a Romance of Chandrabhanu and Lavanyavati of Upendra Bhanja (Indian, died 1740)
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series:				
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creation date:			late 1700s
creation date earliest:		1750
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Eastern India, Odisha
technique:	Charcoal on palm leaf
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 4.8 x 40.2 cm (1 7/8 x 15 13/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	on both recto and verso in Oriya
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Terence McInerney, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1979
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1979–
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wall description:
This leaf from an 18th-century romance manuscript comes from a section of the book that retells the epic battle between the demon Ravana and the god-hero Rama. The 10-headed multiarmed demon Ravana is the second figure from the right. Rama’s army of monkeys and bears, wielding tree branches and clods of earth, fill the remainder of the leaf. The images were created using a stylus that incised into the palm leaf; charcoal was then rubbed over the leaf and wiped off, leaving only the incised areas in black.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Leach, Linda York. <em>Indian Miniature Paintings and Drawings</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 96
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IMAGES

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