A MONUMENTAL CARTOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW OF THE PILGRIMAGE CENTRE OF SATRUNJAYA
PROBABLY RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1880 AD
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A MONUMENTAL CARTOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW OF THE PILGRIMAGE CENTRE OF SATRUNJAYA
PROBABLY RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1880 AD
Opaque and transparent pigments on cotton, depicting the hill of Satrunjaya divided into two ridges, the main temple complex to the left and the nine-temple complex to the right, with crowds of pilgrims around, with floral borders
88 x 101in. (223 x 256cm.)
Lot Essay
For a similar pilgrimage picture see Pratapaditya Pal, The Peaceful Liberators, Jain Art from India, exhibition catalogue, London, 1994, cat.117, p.252-253.