Jain Manuscript Painting
Category: | Jain Art |
Type: | Miniature painting |
Motif: | Queen Trishala |
Name: | Queen Trisala's joy at the confirmation of her conception |
Manuscript: | Kalpasutra manuscript folio |
Union state: | Gujarat |
Country: | India |
Date: | 1400-1500 |
Style: | Western Indian style |
Material: | Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper |
Length: | 27 cm |
Width: | 11,1 cm |
Custody: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Purchase: | Rogers Fund, 1955 |
Inventory-No.: | 55.121.38.9 |
Description: | Relieved by a sign from Mahavira that all is well, Queen Trisala - attended by handmaids - celebrates by richly dressing and tending to her makeup, raising a mirror to admire the result. The joyous Trisala has resumed her throne, a wicker stool, and is installed in a grand palace interior indicated by an elaborate cusped arch. |
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