id:			149598
accession number:	1979.21.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1979.21.b
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:43.583000

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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creation date:			late 1700s
creation date earliest:		1750
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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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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	inscription:	on both recto and verso in Oriya
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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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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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