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Painting from Thai Ramayana where king gives potion to queen to bear sons

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Creator
Margery H. Freeman
Date created
Unknown
Location
Thailand
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This photograph copyright ©2006. Terms of use

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  • The Ramayana: The Hindu epic The Ramayana is retold through the mural, painting, and dance of Southeast Asia. (Page 1.2)

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Painting from Thai Ramayana where king gives potion to queen to bear sons

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In this painting of a scene from the Thai Ramayana, the king who is destined to be Rama’s father gives a potion from the gods to one of his queens so that she will have a son.

The green-skinned king at left and the white-skinned queen at the right sit together on a blue painted platform under a gold-leaf painted arch representing their tiered roof palace at Ayudhya.