The Ramayana (Tales of Rama; The Freer Ramayana), Volume 1

Object Details

• Patron

  Abd al-Rahim

• Artist

  Syama Sundara

  Ghulam 'Ali

  Kala Pahara

  Kamal

  Mohan

  Mushfiq

  Nadim

  Nadir

  Qasim

  Sadi (active 16th century)

  Shyam Sundar

  Yusuf 'Ali

  Zayn al'-'Abidin

  Fazi

• Previous custodian or owner

  Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Provenance

  To 1907

  Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), London, to 1907 [1]

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna in 1907 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Purchased with the Hanna Collection in 1907. See Original Catalogue of the Hanna Sale: Manuscripts I, S.I. 1583, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also "Miscellaneous" volume of Freer House Catalogue, pgs. 167-183.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Origin

  Northern India

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Manuscript

• On View

  Freer Gallery 01: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1600s

• Name

  Mohan, Nadir, Freer, Charles Lang, Qasim, Sundara, Syama, Ghulam 'Ali, Zayn al-'Abidin, Fazi, Kamal, Nadim, Sadi, al-Rahim, Abd, Sundar, Shyam, Kala Pahara, Yusuf 'Ali, Hanna, Henry Bathurst, Mushfiq

• Place

  India

• Topic

  Art, Hermitage, Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858), Cows, Bharata, Ashrams, Ascetic, Cremation, South Asian and Himalayan Art, Lakshmana, Ravana, Indra, Dasharatha, Vishvamitra, Sacrifice, Brahma? (Hindu deity), Boats and boating, Priest, Lava, Demon, Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605), Sage, Kaikeyi, Funeral, Hanuman, Janaka, Ramayana, Krishna, Animals, Kusha, Abduction, Caves, Death, Illustrated, Seal, Mourning, Shiva

• Culture

  Himalayan peoples, South Asians, Apsarases

• Object Type

  Manuscripts

• On View

  Yes