Sugriva challenges his brother Vali, King of the Forest Dwellers, to a duel, folio 10 from the Kishkindha Kanda (Book of Kishkindha) of a Ramayana (Rama’s Journey)
c. 1700–1720
Gum tempera, ink, and gold on paper
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The orange monkey Hanuman and the princes Lakshmana and Rama hide behind trees while Sugriva calls for Vali.
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