id:			314447
accession number:	2018.142
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url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.142
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:59.888000

Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama's Journey), c. 1710. Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar, Court of Amar Singh II (reigned 1698–1710). Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper; overall: 20 x 38.2 cm (7 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection; Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2018.142

title:				Queen Kaikeyi reminds King Dasharatha about the sacrifices of King Bali and King Shivi, folio 39 from the Ayodhya Kanda (Book of Ayodhya) of a Ramayana (Rama's Journey)
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creation date:			c. 1710
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1720
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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:	Northwestern India, Rajasthan, Rajput Kingdom of Mewar, Court of Amar Singh II (reigned 1698–1710)
technique:	gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Painting
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measurements: Overall: 20 x 38.2 cm (7 7/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	[[recto]] ayo[dhyā kāṃda]. ṛāmāyana ro patra. 39. pache rājā bilāpa kari mūrchā pai jadi kekaī bolī dhartī para kyo sutā saṃcī bāta upara rahoṃ or suṃnoṃ rājā alaraka śivī ara rājā bali yā sāmca upara sarba dīyo yā bāta suni rājā homa kara bāvālā kīsī nāī khed pāctouva
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	inscription:	[[verso]] ayodhaya, 39
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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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PROVENANCE

	Edward Wilkinson, Pasadena, CA
	date: ?–2008
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	Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Ralph Benkaim Collection
	date: 2008–2018
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2018–
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