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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAMAYANA SERIES: RAMA
CONFERS WITH VIBHISHANA
NORTH INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, KANGRA OR GULER, EARLY
19TH CENTURY
Folio 7º x 10√ in. (18.4 x 27.6 cm.)
Image 5æ x 8¿ in. (14.6 x 20.6 cm.)
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
Collection of Françoise and Claude Bourelier.
Artcurial Paris, 4 November 2014, lot 230.
The present painting from the Ramayana depicts Rama conversing with
the future king of Lanka, Vibhishana, who has joined Rama’s ranks in
order to overthrow his demonic brother Ravana. Vhibishana discloses
Ravana’s military strategy and advises how to cross the ocean to Lanka.

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