Caption

Hanuman, Indian art; South Asian/Indian culture; subject: monkeys; Vaishnavism; Rama; Sita; Ramayana; Hinduism; depiction includes armlets and servants; 1st half of the 20th century, India; bas-relief; height 9.8 cm, width 8.8 cm, A carved wooden statuette stands on a rectangular base, showing a figure in a frontal pose with hands together at chest level; the carving has detailed patterns on the figure’s clothing and headdress, layered necklaces and arm ornaments, and carved textures forming a patterned arch behind the figure. The object displays a range of brown tones in the wood, with some darker brown in recessed areas and lighter brown on raised surfaces, set against a smooth gradient background of gray and pale gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_169

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (1.4Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Hanuman Indian art South Asian Indian culture subject monkeys Vaishnavism Rama Sita Ramayana Hinduism depiction includes armlets servants 1st half 20th century India bas-relief height 9.8 cm width 8.8 cm carved wooden statuette stands rectangular base showing figure frontal pose hands together chest level carving detailed patterns figure’s clothing headdress layered necklaces arm ornaments carved textures forming patterned arch object displays range brown tones wood darker brown recessed areas lighter brown raised surfaces set smooth gradient background gray pale gray.