Lot Essay
For further pages of the same Jain manuscript please see Maggs Bros., Oriental Bulletin, no. 4, nos. 79-80
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MEWAR, CIRCA 1570-80
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KRISHNA AND GOPAS IN THE JUNGLE, AND A JAIN PAINTING
Mewar, circa 1570-80
Illustration to the 10th book of the Bhagavata Purana, gouache on paper, Krishna with cow-herds in the forest, remains of yellow margins, incomplete at edges, areas of flaking, inscribed on back with extensive Sanskrit verses, and a PAGE FROM A JAIN MANUSCRIPT of the Kalpa Sutra, West Indian, 1470-80, gouache heightened with gold on paper, 9 lines of devanagari surrounded by smaller similar script, one side showing Indra descended from his throne and kneeling with two hands raised in adoration of Mahavira whom he percieves on earth, mounted
7½ x 10in. (19 x 25.cm.); and 4¼ x 10¼ in. (11 x 25.7cm.)
Mewar, circa 1570-80
Illustration to the 10th book of the Bhagavata Purana, gouache on paper, Krishna with cow-herds in the forest, remains of yellow margins, incomplete at edges, areas of flaking, inscribed on back with extensive Sanskrit verses, and a PAGE FROM A JAIN MANUSCRIPT of the Kalpa Sutra, West Indian, 1470-80, gouache heightened with gold on paper, 9 lines of devanagari surrounded by smaller similar script, one side showing Indra descended from his throne and kneeling with two hands raised in adoration of Mahavira whom he percieves on earth, mounted
7½ x 10in. (19 x 25.cm.); and 4¼ x 10¼ in. (11 x 25.7cm.)
Provenance
Esaji, Bombay, April 1960; and Maggs Bros., March 1963
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