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AN ILLUSTRATION TO THE RAMAYANA: RAMA KILLING KHARA AND DUSHANA<br />
KANGRA, NORTH <strong>INDIA</strong>, CIRCA 1820<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Rama stands on a rocky hilltop and shoots arrows at the<br />
antelope-headed demons Khara and Dushana, Lakshman behind him, Sita hiding in a cave, their thatched<br />
hut under a large tree, deities watch the scene from white clouds above, the blue and pink borders with<br />
stylised gilt illumination, the reverse with pen and pencil inscriptions, mounted<br />
12º x 17¬in. (31.1 x 45cm.)<br />
£15,000-20,000 $22,000-28,000<br />
€19,000-25,000<br />
PROVENANCE:<br />
Collection of Theodore Allen Heinrich (1910-81), Toronto, Canada<br />
Another illustration from this Ramayana series, depicting Rama, Sita and Lakshman in the same rocky<br />
landscape originally in the Paul Walter F. Collection sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 14 November 2002, lot<br />
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