Two Jain manuscript folios, probably from a Kalpasutra. India, Gujarat. 16th century - image-1
Two Jain manuscript folios, probably from a Kalpasutra. India, Gujarat. 16th century - image-2
Two Jain manuscript folios, probably from a Kalpasutra. India, Gujarat. 16th century - image-1Two Jain manuscript folios, probably from a Kalpasutra. India, Gujarat. 16th century - image-2

Lot 272 Dα

Two Jain manuscript folios, probably from a Kalpasutra. India, Gujarat. 16th century

Auction 1146 - overview Cologne
06.12.2019, 14:00 - Japan, India/South-East Asia
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €

Two Jain manuscript folios, probably from a Kalpasutra. India, Gujarat. 16th century

a) With three illustration, at the left the syllable HRIM with 24 jina, in the centre an unidentified jina in a samavasarana and to the left five jina, above them the syllable OM and b) the 24th jina Mahavira in a samavasarana, the text in nagari script. Opaque colours and gold on paper. Both damaged. Matted, glazed and framed. (2)
a) 10 x 24 cm; b) 8,8 x 24 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Northern Germany, acquired in the 70s in India