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Manusya-Loka,

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Manusya-Loka,
gouache on cloth, the world of the mortals or map of the two and half continents, the land divided into three domains, Mt Meru i nthe centre enclicled by two oceans and further continents, framed, (repaired crease marks, splits and small holes, light flaking and rubbing), Jain west India, circa 18th century - 69 x 69cm.
See Colour Plate 6

拍品专文

For further notes and similar representations see: Caillat, C. and Kumar, R.: The Jain Cosmology, New York 1981, nos 54, 59 and 74 and Pal, P.: The Peaceful Liberators, Jain Art from India, Los Angeles County Museum 1994, nos 98 and 105.