INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY

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A painting of a Jambudvipa
India, Rajasthan, 19th Century
Large circle filled with multicolored vertical and horizontal bands each with text, surrounded by a blue band filled with sea creatures and kalashas at the cardinal points, with a yellow and red border and further text in the corners
30½ x 31½ in. (77.5 x 80 cm.)

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Lot Essay

In this detail of the madhyaloka, India is represented by a land mass at the bottom, center, emerging from the horizontal yellow band representing the Himalayas, and bordered by two rivers flowing from the mountains, the Indus and the Ganges. The Vaitadya mountain range, represented by the white horizontal band, traverses the land.

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