AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAMAYANA SERIES: BHARATA RENOUNCES THE KINGDOM AND GOES IN SEARCH OF RAMA

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AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAMAYANA SERIES: BHARATA RENOUNCES THE KINGDOM AND GOES IN SEARCH OF RAMA
Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper
image: 7 1/4 by 9 1/4 in. (18.4 by 23.5 cm);
folio: 9 7/8 by 11 5/8 in. (25 by 29.5 cm) unframed

Catalogue Note

Wearing only a leopard-skin and a loincloth and carrying a small beggar’s pouch the virtuous Bharata renounces his worldly possessions and goes in search of Rama, accompanied by a companion. The ladies of the palace wail and cry as they are beside themselves with grief and concern at his departure.