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INDIA, RAJASTHAN, THE COSMIC DIAGRAM, BIKANER, 19TH CENTURY; 'SNAKES AND LADDERS', LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A Jain Cosmic Diagram, Jambudvpida, and A Game of 'Snakes and Ladders', Gyanbazi
India, Rajasthan, the Cosmic Diagram, Bikaner, 19th Century; 'Snakes and Ladders', late 18th Century
The Cosmic Diagram painted on cloth in concentric circles depicting the Middle World with rivers filled with swimming fish and banks of palm trees, some inscriptions in Devanagari; the Game arranged in rectangular grid overlaid on a schematic figure with text in Devanagari inscribed within the squares interspersed with snakes and ladders and a row of scenes from hell below and pavillions with flying banners above with painted floral borders
The Cosmic Diagram; 16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm.); the Game: 28½ x 23 7/8 in. (72.2 x 60.3 cm.) (2)
India, Rajasthan, the Cosmic Diagram, Bikaner, 19th Century; 'Snakes and Ladders', late 18th Century
The Cosmic Diagram painted on cloth in concentric circles depicting the Middle World with rivers filled with swimming fish and banks of palm trees, some inscriptions in Devanagari; the Game arranged in rectangular grid overlaid on a schematic figure with text in Devanagari inscribed within the squares interspersed with snakes and ladders and a row of scenes from hell below and pavillions with flying banners above with painted floral borders
The Cosmic Diagram; 16 x 16 in. (40.6 x 40.6 cm.); the Game: 28½ x 23 7/8 in. (72.2 x 60.3 cm.) (2)
Literature
Jambudvipa: E. Fischer and J. Jain, Kunst und Religion in Indien: 2500 Jahre Jainismus, 1974, cat. no. 105
'Snakes and Ladders': Tantra, Gallery Ueda, Tokyo, 1979, cat. no. 132
'Snakes and Ladders': Tantra, Gallery Ueda, Tokyo, 1979, cat. no. 132
Exhibited
Jambudvipa: Zürich, Helmhaus Zürich, Kunst und Religion in Indien: 2500 Jahre Jainismus, 1975; St. Gallen, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen; Basel, Museum für Völkerkunde Basel
Special notice
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