Jain Manuscript Painting
Category: | Jain Art |
Type: | Miniature painting |
Motif: | King Siddharta |
Name: | King Siddharta listens to an astrologer forecast the conception and birth of his son, the Jina Mahavira |
Manuscript: | Kalpasutra manuscript folio |
Union state: | Gujarat |
Country: | India |
Date: | 1375-1400 |
Style: | Western Indian style |
Material: | Opaque watercolor on paper |
Length: | 35,1 cm |
Width: | 8,6 cm |
Custody: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Purchase: | Friends of Asian Art and Evelyn Kranes Kossak Gift, 1997 (1997.133) |
Description: | The story of Mahavira as recounted by Hemachandra tells of the Jina's father, King Siddharta, summoning astrologers to his court to interpret Queen Trisala's dreams of a future son. They foretell that their son will be either a universal ruler (cakravartin) or a universal religious savior, a jina. The scene is dynamic and engaging, with a masterful control of form-defining line and sensitive use of gesture. Both figures wear finely embroidered translucent muslins and are sheltered by honorific umbrellas. |
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