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A large Jain cosmic diagram, Western India, 19th century | 西印度 十九世紀 耆那宇宙圖表 設色布本

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Property from a Belgian Private Collection

A large Jain cosmic diagram

Western India, 19th century


pigments on cloth

75 x 70 cm, 29½ by 27½ in.

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Collection particulière belge

Grand diagramme cosmique Jain, pigments sur tissu, Inde de l'Ouest, XIXe siècle

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西印度 十九世紀 耆那宇宙圖表 設色布本

Jean Claude Ciancimino, London (by repute).

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Jean Claude Ciancimino,倫敦(據傳)

This finely painted diagram depicts Jambudvipa according to Jain beliefs, with the primary divisions within the unified cosmos centred on Mount Meru, cf. Rawson, Tantra: The Indian Cult of Ecstasy, London, 1973, cat. no. 60.