1973.169: A wedding ritual celebrated by women of the palace (painting, recto), illustration from a Ramayana series
Manuscripts
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1973.169
- Title
- A wedding ritual celebrated by women of the palace (painting, recto), illustration from a Ramayana series
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- 18th - 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Rajasthan, Sirohi
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216422
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 25.5 x 30.1 cm (10 1/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Kenneth Galbraith
- Accession Year
- 1973
- Object Number
- 1973.169
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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This painting depicts a wedding ritual primarily undertaken by women. In the center, the four brides of the four sons of Dasharatha are seated under a festive tent, and royal women surround them. In the pavilion on the right, a royal lady is seated, most likely Rama’s mother, Kaushalya. The scene might depict a moment from the celebrations to mark the wedding of the princes, Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna.
This folio possibly belongs to a Ramayana manuscript produced in Sirohi. This manuscript is notable for its vibrant blue background, achieved through the use of the pigment Prussian blue. Other folios from the same manuscript in the Harvard Art Museums’ collections are 1973.164, 1973.165, 1973.166.A, 1973.166.B, 1973.167, 1973.168.A, 1973.168.B, 1973.170.A, 1973.170.B, 1973.171. Rajput, Rajasthani, Sirohi School.
Exhibition History
- Ambassador's Choice: The Galbraith Collection of Indian Painting, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/15/1986 - 04/06/1986
- ReVisions, Indian Artists Engaging Traditions , Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 04/04/2009 - 01/10/2010
Verification Level
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