The story of king Aji Darma

Title of artwork
The story of king Aji Darma
Date of work
1932
Artist(s)
I Dewa Kompyang Ketut Kandel Ruka
Locations
Batuan
Narrative
Aji Darma
Collected in ...
Cetus Collection
Description
On the left a king with bow, has short, right, a snake. Forest setting. This shows king Aji Darma, who has come across Nagini, the daughter of the naga king Anantaboga, having sex with a commoner tampar snake. Aji Darma kills the tampar snake to save Nagini from shame, but in the next part of the story, she slanders him to her father. When Anantaboga leans the true story, he grants Aji Darma the gift of knowing the speech of animals.
Abstracted summary
Name of the back of the painting, although very different from his other works.
Quality
Fair
Medium of production
tempera on paper
Width (cm)
24