104. A large kalamkari panel depicting Rama and Sita enthroned, with scenes from the Ramayana, avatars of Vishnu, and other episodes from Hindu mythology South India, Coromandel Coast, probably Kalahasti, late 19th/early 20th Century rectangular, painted in polychrome, numerous inscriptions in Telugu 315 x 180 cm. The main centre for the manufacture of such panels was the town of Kalahasti on the Coromandel Coast, north of Madras. For discussion and examples of the type, see A. Dallapiccola, South Indian Paintings: a Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London 2010, pp. 251-258.