In the Kamasan style. - Front desk - 20th century

A traditional Balinese/Classic Javanese painting, probably in the Kamasan style.

The figures have that typical Wayang-like appearance (long arms, profile faces, graceful poses).
The clothing, jewelry, and headdresses are clearly Hindu-Balinese.
The composition is vertical and narrative, as if you're reading a comic strip.
The colors (green, blue, earth tones) and the decorative border pattern are very characteristic.
It seems like a scene from a Hindu epic, probably the Ramayana or Mahabharata.
The monkey figures strongly resemble Hanuman and other monkey warriors, who frequently appear in Ramayana tales. Such scenes typically depict:
struggle, deliberations among heroes, or moral lessons from mythology.

Material & function
Often painted on canvas or cotton, sometimes on paper.
Originally intended for temples, palaces, or ritual contexts, later also as art for the home.

Material & function
Often painted on canvas or cotton, sometimes on paper.
Originally intended for temples, palaces, or ritual contexts, later also as art for the home.

This is not an old ritual or temple piece, but a decorative Balinese painting, probably:
made in Bali or Java for the tourist or export market roughly in the 1970s–1990s (sometimes a little later)
That doesn't mean it's 'fake' — this kind of work is often hand-painted by local artists, but not antique. Decorative value: fine, it's atmospheric and nicely detailed.

The width × height of 30 × 85 cm is a very typical size for Balinese narrative panels that are meant to be hung vertically on the wall, often sold as a set or as a standalone piece for interior decoration.
With this format, it is very likely that the back is hand-painted on paper and glued to cardboard.
framed later in Europe
That was extremely common for Balinese art intended for the export market from around 1970.
In summary

Type: Balinese/Kamasan-style narrative panel
Period: approx. 1970–1990
Material: probably paper on cardboard
Purpose: decorative, inspired by Ramayana


Because of the beautiful brass/gold plastic frame in which the storytelling panel sits.
It combines the hand-painted feel of canvas with a sleek, inexpensive carrier for transport.
Technique: hand-painted with pigments (often gouache/acrylic)
Style: Kamasan / wayang storytelling
Origin: Bali (or Java), probably the Ubud region
Dating: ca. 1970–1985
Quality: neat and detailed, above average for decorative work.
Practical advice
Do not hang in a damp area (cardboard + fabric are sensitive).
Prefer to let the back breathe (do not seal it airtight)
Value remains primarily aesthetic, not museum-grade antique.
Based on what the expert at the Rotterdam auction house Eendu has.
Given this, it is most likely a:
— of Balinese/Kamasan—
stylized painting on canvas/cardboard, framed, from circa 1970–1990 —

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