AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAMAYANA SERIES


MEWAR, 1700-1710Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; numbered '53' from Book III of the Tulsi Ramayan. Folio: 10 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (26.5 x 41.7 cm)
|After Rama dutifully accepts his father's coerced decree for his banishment, he and his brother Lakshmana, who nobly commits to join him, visit their mother Kausalya for her blessings. Meanwhile, to clear a path for Rama's perilous journey to the Dandaka Forest, winged Garuda sends a disciple to dispatch demons. See lot 849, for a discussion of other pages from this Ramayana series. Provenance Private Collection, California