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Painting . Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia. Tabing Temple Painting depicting 'The Bridge to Langka' story from the Balinese Hindu epic 'Ramayana'. Artist unknown, early 19th Century. Anthony Forge Collection. 

© Australian Museum 

photographer: AM, Photography Dept - Howard Hughes

Summary:

E074168 - 25/10/1976, painting, Kamasan, Klungkung District, Bali, Indonesia, Asia, Southeast

Item Name:

painting

Label:

This Tabing painting, by unknown artist, the Bridge to Langka, depicts monkeys building a causeway between India and Sri Lanka. This painting on barkcloth is one of the finest in Anthony Forge’s collection. A delicately drawn and detailed painting on bark-cloth is probably from the first half of the 19th century. It may be the oldest painting in the Anthony Forge’s collection. Bark cloth was usually imported from Sulawesi. This is one of only two paintings on bark-cloth in this collection. The colours are local Balinese ochres with imported Chinese black ink and vermillion. Professor Anthony Forge collected this painting from the temple Jero Kapal, in Gelgel, Klungkung District, Bali, and considered it to be one of the best and oldest in his collection. Size 127 x 150cm.

Place:

Kamasan

Region:

Klungkung District

Province/State:

Bali

Country:

Indonesia

Collection Area:

Asia, Southeast

Museum Department:

Anthropology

Registration Date:

25/10/1976

Registration Number:

E074168

Associated Stories:

The Anthony Forge Collection of Balinese Paintings

Paintings in the Temple

Ramayana: The Bridge to Langka, Balinese painting E74168

Anthony Forge: Biographical Sketch

Anthony Forge: Research in Bali, Indonesia