拍品專文
Padmavati holds two lotus in her hands. She is a tutelar deity or yakshi. Whilst Jinas are the main focus of Jain devotion, there are many other subservient deities such as yakshas and yakshis.
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GUJARAT, NORTH WEST INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
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A LARGE JAIN ILLUSTRATION OF THE WORLD OF MORTALS
GUJARAT, NORTH WEST INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments on paper, the green-bodied deity, possibly the Goddess Padmavati, encompasses a diagram of the world, the three island-continents separated by rivers, the world of Gods in the centre axed around Mount Meru, inscriptions in devanagari script around, mounted, framed and glazed
50 ½ x 29 ¼in. (128 x 74 2/5cm.)
GUJARAT, NORTH WEST INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments on paper, the green-bodied deity, possibly the Goddess Padmavati, encompasses a diagram of the world, the three island-continents separated by rivers, the world of Gods in the centre axed around Mount Meru, inscriptions in devanagari script around, mounted, framed and glazed
50 ½ x 29 ¼in. (128 x 74 2/5cm.)
榮譽呈獻
Beatrice Campi