Accession No

Z 44986.16


Description

Poster or printed page of the Hindu deity 'Hanuman', speaking to Ravana. One of twenty-three coloured glossy printed pages of deities from the text "Gods of India" by Raja Ravi Varma.


Place

Asia; South Asia; India; Maharashtra; Karla Lonavla


Period

1894-1906


Source

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 44986.16


Cultural Affliation


Material

Paper; Pigment


Local Term


Measurements

258mm x 1mm x 365mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to the back of the print reads: 'HANUMAN / the monkey-god / before RAVANA / the Demon King / of Ceylon. Postscript: 'C&D I.H.N. Evans, 1920'.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (CMS Context)
Z number allocated on 30 4 1987. The inscription on the back of one of the prints gives an incorrect identification, " Kamadeva..." . The Hindi inscription on front is " Shri Rama Chaindonja." (Chris Pinney, SOAS, 1993).; Exhibited: On display in the Maudslay Hall, CUMAA, from 1990.; Collected by: Evans.I.H.N
Event Date 1/12/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (CMS Description)
Twenty-three coloured glossy printed pages of deities from the text by Vide, " Gods of India" . The bottom of each page has a registration number, an inscription in Hindi and " Ravi Varma Press. Karla Lonavla."
Event Date 1/12/1995
Author: ashleigh griffin


Context (Amendments / updates)
'The prints have been split into their own records to allow for easier identification of the prints. All the relevant information has been transferred to each record'.
Event Date 10/12/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin


Description (Physical description)
Poster or printed page of the Hindu deity 'Hanuman', who is shown with the tail and face of a monkey. He is shown kneeling on top of a woven ?basket, wearing a pair of gold trimmed, blue shorts with a red shawl around the neck. On his head he wears a bejewelled gold crown and holds a large club in his hands. He is seated before Ravana, who is shown with ten heads and ten arms and is seated on top of an elaborate gold throne with lion shaped arm rests. This is a scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. This print is one of twenty-three coloured glossy printed pages of deities from the text by Raja Ravi Varma, "Gods of India".
Event Date 10/12/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin


FM:282294

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