AMNH 70.2/1113 Tantri: Beginning of Tantri story

Tantri. Showing the beginning of the Tantri frame story, where the king gives orders to summon his patih (prime minister), and then instructs the patih to surrender his daughter to the king as a concubine. Tantri (the daughter) then, following her father's orders goes to the king, and is shown massaging his feet as she tells him stories. The first story is then shown: this involves a member of the brahman caste who is given a bull by Siwa, but who abuses the bull, and nearly kills it. The bull eventually runs off into the forest, where it encounters dog followers of the lion who is king of the forest, and eventually meets with the lion. The last scenes show a story told by the dog patih of the lion about the foolish king Gajah Deruma. This ider-ider is unusual in its elaborate depiction of the opening scenes of the frame story, and is a high quality 19th century work.;