AM E074190 Ramayana

Title of artwork
AM E074190 Ramayana
Narrative
Ramayana
Collected in ...
Australian Museum Collection
Anthony Forge Collection
Catalog Number
E074190
Photo credit
Furno Emma
Abstracted summary
The story starts at the bottom: 1. Sita asks Rama to get her the kidung mas and he bids farewell leaving Laksamana in charge. 2. Rama shoots Marica who calls out in his voice. 3. Sita sends Laksamana after Rama. 4. Laksamana finds Rama in the forest. 5. Meanwhile??!! Rawana disguised as an ascetic apoproaches Sita. 6. Rawana reverts to his normal form and seizes her. 7. He abducts her. 8. Jatayu sees what is happening and prepares to intervene. (Scenes 7 & 8 would fit well side by side). 9. Jatayu jumps Rawana and manages to get Sita. 10. Rawana recovers Sita and chops up Jatayu with his cleaver. The iconographic peculiarity, also found in the very similar E74186, is the absence of parekan [ref LC]
Medium of production
On European cloth [ref reg]
Width (cm)
280