18th - 19th century
The painting depicts the new mothers, Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra with their sons, Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna. These mothers are the wives of King Dasharatha of Ayodhya, who performed a ritual to obtain sons with the help of priests (the king and the sages are depicted on the reverse of this painting.) This double-sided folio possibly belongs to a Ramayana manuscript produced in Sirohi. Other folios from the same manuscript in the Harvard Art Museums’ collections are 1973.164, 1973.165, 1973.166.A, 1973.166.B, 1973.167, 1973.168.A, 1973.169, 1973.170.A, 1973.170.B, 1973.171. Rajput, Rajasthani, Sirohi School.
25.7 x 30.6 cm (10 1/8 x 12 1/16 in.)
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
17th centuryPersianInk, colors, and gold on paper
15th centuryPersianInk and pigments on paper
18th centuryNepaleseDouble-sided, detached leaf from an incomplete manuscript; ink, color, and gold on black paper
18th centuryNepaleseInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersianInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
19th centuryOttomanInk on paper
16th-17th centuryOttomanHandscroll; ink, gold and silver on paper, from Enryaku-ji, Mount Hiei
14th centuryJapaneseInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
18th-19th centuryOttomanThe twenty-eighth of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper
16th centuryJapaneseInk on paper
19th centuryIslamicInk, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
16th centuryPersian