Property from a European Private Collection
A study collection of eight tantric paintings, India and Himalayan region, 17th / 19th century
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May 15, 01:57 PM GMT
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6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
comprising a manuscript leaf depicting Purusha (pure consciousness) as a woman; a Jain cosmological manuscript depicting the World of Man (Manusyaloka), 17th century; another Jain cosmological diagram, 17th / 18th century; a Jain manuscript page with two cosmic diagrams depicting Lavana (the Inner 'Salt' Ocean); a Jain yantra painting depicting Tirthankara, a Jain tantric folio depicting the thirty-two districts of Mahavideha (Person without Boundaries), 17th century; and three tsakli (8)
The largest 24 x 10 cm
Purusha manuscript:
Collection of a European Lady of Title.
Christie's South Kensington, 24th November 2009, lot 5 (part lot).
Manusyaloka diagram:
Joost van den Bergh, London, October 2010.
Blue diagram:
Collection of a European Lady of Title.
Christie's South Kensington, 24th November 2009, lot 5 (part lot).
Lavana diagram:
Galerie Bouchoucha, Louvres des Antiquaires, Paris, May 2010.
Tirthankara painting:
Graham Day, London, November 2010.
Mahavideha diagram:
Galerie Bouchoucha, Louvres des Antiquaires, Paris.
Manusyaloka diagram:
Tantra: Tantric, Jain and Cosmic Art from India, Joost van den Berg, London, 2010.
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