View of Indra Sabhâ, looking outward

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View of Indra Sabhâ, looking outward
Indra Sabhâ
hand-coloured aquatints, June 1803, on thick paper.
Each P.550 x 750mm. (2)

拍品专文

Indra Sabha, dating from the early ninth century and later, is probably the first of the five Jain caves on the site of Ellora: Its arrangement very much recalls that of Kailasanatha, but here the various chapels and shrines are filled with the images of the various Jain Tirthankaras or saints (Parasvanath, Gomata Swami, Mahavira...).