{ "data": { "id": 161886, "accession_number": "2001.163", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Khadgaroma, Son of Ravana, c. 1720. Southern India, Andhra Pradesh. Gum tempera, ink, and hand-colored silver paper appliqu\u00e9 on paper; overall: 39.7 x 27.6 cm (15 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward, 2001.163", "current_location": null, "title": "Khadgaroma, Son of Ravana", "creation_date": "c. 1720", "creation_date_earliest": 1700, "creation_date_latest": 1720, "artists_tags": [], "culture": [ "Southern India, Andhra Pradesh" ], "technique": "Gum tempera, ink, and hand-colored silver paper appliqu\u00e9 on paper", "support_materials": [], "department": "Indian and Southeast Asian Art", "collection": "Indian Art", "type": "Painting", "measurements": "Overall: 39.7 x 27.6 cm (15 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.)", "dimensions": { "overall": { "height": 0.397, "height_inch": 15, "height_inch_fraction": 0.625, "width": 0.276, "width_inch": 10, "width_inch_fraction": 0.875 } }, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [ { "inscription": "[[upper center, in French]] Kadgaromoud fils de Ravanen", "inscription_translation": "Kadgaromoud son of Ravana", "inscription_remark": "The endings -ou and -en are Telegu. For a similar work in context, see G\u00e9rard Colas, Usha Colas-Chauhan, and Francis Richard, \"Text and Paintings: A Preliminary Study of Indien 745, a Manuscript of the Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France,\" in Cracow Indological Studies, vol. XXIV, no. 2 (2022), pp. 25-58.", "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "[[lower center, in Telegu]] r\u0101va\u1e47uni ko\u1e0duku [the last two letters are upside down] kha\u1e0dgaromu\u1e43\u1e0du", "inscription_translation": "Ravana's son Khadgaroma", "inscription_remark": "The label in Telugu is in three pieces. The central piece with two letters is pasted upside down, as noted in the inscription. The name Khadgaroma literally means \"one whose body hair is swords.\"", "sortorder": null } ], "exhibitions": { "current": [ { "id": 457592, "title": "Imagining Rama\u2019s Journey", "description": "Imagining Rama\u2019s Journey. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).", "opening_date": "2023-03-09T05:00:00" } ], "legacy": [] }, "provenance": [ { "description": "William E. Ward [1922\u20132004], Solon, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "?\u20132001", "sortorder": 1 }, { "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "2001\u2013", "sortorder": 2 } ], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [ { "id": 148360, "description": "Sugriva, c. 1720. Southern India, Andhra Pradhesh. Gum tempera, ink, and hand-colored silver paper appliqu\u00e9 on paper; overall: 35.5 x 23.5 cm (14 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ward, 1975.73", "relationship": null } ], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The silver appliqu\u00e9, which was likely mixed with the yellow pigment gamboge, imitates gold.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Blades fan around the figure of this demon, illustrating the meaning of his name: he whose \u201cbody hair is swords.\u201d To further emphasize his favorite weapon, he clutches a broad curving sword in his right hand. The inscription at the bottom identifies him by name in the local language of Telugu, but a section has been pasted upside down, indicating that the owner of this page did not read the script. The inscription has been translated into French at the top. 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