TWO WOOD RELIEF PANELS OF HEROES FROM THE RAMAYANA


KERALA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY45 in. (103 cm) high, each
|Likely depicting Rama and Lakshmana, the two heroes wear bold headdresses, lavish jewels, and voluminous dhotis, presented in exuberant Keralan dress associated with the Kathakali dance tradition. Two other closely related panels were sold at Sotheby's, New York, 21 March 2002, lots 199 & 200. A similar wall panel of a female figure is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum (see Pal, et al, Dancing to the Flute, Sydney, 1997, p.210, pl.126.) Provenance Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 31 October 2017, lot 236