id:			314241
accession number:	2018.107
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.107
updated:		2025-06-20 18:15:36.399000

Shurpanakha demands vengeance, from the "Shangri" Ramayana, c. 1690–1710. Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh. Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; painting: 18.4 x 28.9 cm (7 1/4 x 11 3/8 in.); page: 21.6 x 31.8 cm (8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2018.107

title:				Shurpanakha demands vengeance, from the "Shangri" Ramayana
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creation date:			c. 1690–1710
creation date earliest:		1680
creation date latest:		1750
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creditline:			Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Northern India, Pahari kingdoms, Himachal Pradesh
technique:	Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Painting: 18.4 x 28.9 cm (7 1/4 x 11 3/8 in.); Page: 21.6 x 31.8 cm (8 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	[[verso, lower right corner, in Sanskrit, upside down]] aranya 31
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	inscription:	[[recto, in the borders, indistinct Takri script]] Shurpanakhā (?)--- lankā āyī ---- rāvaṇe prati jhūth bachan boldī hoyi je tan raje bich matra (?) hoyī hai. Sri rām chandre khar dūsana sāra māre mera dheya(?) hoyā. Sri rām chandre de sath isdī ek istri ----
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	inscription:	[[verso, top, in Takri script]] 71
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	inscription:	[[verso, left side, in Takri script]] 71
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Indian Gallery 242 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019).

	title:		Imagining Rama’s Journey
	opening date:   2023-03-09T05:00:00
	<i>Imagining Rama’s Journey</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 10-September 17, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Indian Gallery 242 Rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10, 2018-April 7, 2019).', 'opening_date': '2018-09-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe</em>. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (October 21, 2016-January 15, 2017).', 'opening_date': '2016-10-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 20-May 29, 2011); Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (June 24-October 2, 2011).', 'opening_date': '2011-02-20T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Unknown
	date: ?–1956
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	Walter Randal, New York, NY
	date: 1956–July 1969
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	Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Los Angeles
	date: July 1969–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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CITATIONS

	Cummins, Joan. <em>Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior. </em>Grantha, 2011.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 80.
	url:		

	McGill, Forest, ed. <em>The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe. </em>San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 118, pp. 203, 228.
	url:		

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