Celebration at the Birth of Rama and his Brothers in the Home of Dasharatha
Series TitleRamayana
Former TitleFestival at the Birth of Rama in the Home of Dasharatha
CulturePahari
Date1775-1780
MediumInk and slight color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 9 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (25.08 × 18.42 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-111
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Exhibition HistoryLoan Exhibition of Early Indian Sculptures, Paintings, and Bronzes, College Art Association and the Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, 1935-36, no. 84 as Birth Festival.
Art of India, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, February–March, 1949, no cat.
Mughal and Rajput Miniatures, Sidney and Louis Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indian University, Bloomington, IN, June 15–July 15, 1958, no cat.
With Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, by 1934;
Purchased from Heeramaneck Galleries by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934Ananda K. Coomaraswamy and Nasli M. Heeramaneck, Loan Exhibition of Early Indian Sculptures, Paintings, and Bronzes, exh. cat. (New York: College Art Association, 1935), 23.
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