Sugriva, King of the Monkeys, Leads Rama and Lakshmana through the Forest; Illustrated folio from the dispersed Shangri Ramayana series (Style III)
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This late work from the Shangri Ramayana series could easily be confused with paintings from the slightly later Mankot series, which share the same deep green backgrounds and high horizons defined by white clouds. However, the animated figures in this work seem to float above the ground as they travel through a spatially ambiguous forest filled with multicolored trees. These features together with the bold graphic treatment of the figures and details like the flowers in Sugriva’s crown recall earlier works in the Shangri Ramayana series
Artwork Details
- Title: Sugriva, King of the Monkeys, Leads Rama and Lakshmana through the Forest; Illustrated folio from the dispersed Shangri Ramayana series (Style III)
- Date: ca. 1700–1730
- Culture: India, Punjab Hills, kingdom of Jammu (Bahu)
- Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: Page: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
W. 13 13/16 in. (35.1 cm)
Painting: H. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm)
W. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm) - Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Promised Gift of the Kronos Collections, 2015
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art