Lot 262
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A group of four manuscript pages
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A group of four manuscript pages

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 18TH CENTURY

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A group of four manuscript pages
India, Rajasthan, 18th Century
The first two with yantras loosely painted in a limited palette of red, white and black; the third illustrated with two details of a madhyaloka; the fourth with abstract shapes depicting a mountain and a body of water; all with text
Each approx. 4½ by 10 in. (11.4 x 25.5 cm.) (4)
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The fourth manuscript page is an enlargement of part of a cosmological map, most likely depicting Mount Meru at left and a body of water at right. Mount Meru is the center of madhyaloka, the middle world where animals and humans reside, and the final plane of existence in samsara. These geographical features are depicted as simple geometric forms when in this small format.

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