细节
THE CORONATION OF RAMA
TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1900
Opaque pigments, gold leaf and sukkan (limestone paste) on cloth streached over wood, depicting a heavily jewelled and crowned green-skinned Rama bearing the thenkalai caste mark on his forehead, bordered with his consort Sita and brother Lakhshmana, a royal retinue of relatives and seven topknotted sages around, Hanuman at his feet with monkey warriors,the scene taking place in a heavily decorated shrine, some flaking, in original frame, glazed
23 x 17in. (60 x 43.5cm.)