Lot 40
40
FOUR ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A JAIN KALPASUTRA MANUSCRIPT
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FOUR ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A JAIN KALPASUTRA MANUSCRIPT

WESTERN INDIA, PROBABLY GUJARAT, 15TH CENTURY

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FOUR ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A JAIN KALPASUTRA MANUSCRIPT
WESTERN INDIA, PROBABLY GUJARAT, 15TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper
4 ½ x 10 ¿ in. (11.5 x 25.8 cm.), the smallest
4 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. (12 x 30 cm.), the largest
Provenance
Likely acquired by 1977
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Lot Essay

Comprised of four folios on red ground, illustrating the following:

Indra enlisting Harinegamesi to switch the embryos (for comparison, see Granof, op.cit, p.27, cat.no.1.9)

Indra paying obeisance to the embryo

Queen Trisala’s 14 auspicious dreams (for comparison, see Granof, op.cit, p.25, cat. no.1.8)

Mahavira is carried on the divine palanquin of the Renunciation Procession (for comparison, see Granof, op.cit, p.29, cat.no.1.13)

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