id:			314406
accession number:	2018.121
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.121
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:59.773000

Feast where Vishnu decides he will incarnate as King Dasharatha’s sons, from Chapters 14–15 of the Bala Kanda (Book of Childhood) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey), c. 1810. Northern India, Pahari Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra. Gum tempera and gold on paper; overall: 27.7 x 39.4 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/2 in.); painting: 23.5 x 34.7 cm (9 1/4 x 13 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.121

title:				Feast where Vishnu decides he will incarnate as King Dasharatha’s sons, from Chapters 14–15 of the Bala Kanda (Book of Childhood) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
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creation date:			c. 1810
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1820
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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 Region, Himachal Pradesh, Rajput Kingdom of Kangra
technique:	Gum tempera and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 27.7 x 39.4 cm (10 7/8 x 15 1/2 in.); Painting: 23.5 x 34.7 cm (9 1/4 x 13 11/16 in.)
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	inscription:	[[verso]] vāla[kānda] 17
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Manifestations of Shiva</em>, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (March 29–June 7, 1981) and other museums (August 1, 1981–May 30, 1982)', 'opening_date': '1981-06-07T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Antiqarts, Bombay, India, sold to Ralph Benkaim)
	date: ?–1969
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: 1969–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kramrisch, Stella. <em>Manifestations of Siva. </em>Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P-28, p. 191
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	Bond, Constance. "India's Divine Art Reveals a God as Savant and Rogue." <em>Smithsonian Magazine </em>(May 1981):
	page number: 	reproduced p. 60.
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	Bowles, John H. "Manifestations of Shiva." <em>Orientations </em>12, no. 7 (July 1981).
	page number: 	Reproduced: Fig. 18, p. 23.
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IMAGES

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