A JAIN COSMIC DIAGRAM DEPICTING VARDHAMANA MAHAVIRA India, Gujarat or Rajasthan, 19th century

Acquired by the current owner, late 1960s/early 1970s.

Overall good and stable condition. Slight rubbing and subsequent loss to pigment along the vertical and horizontal fold creases. Small areas of rubbing and subsequent loss to pigment seen on the picture plane, sometimes accompanied with fold creases- seen in upper left and lower left. Minor brown stain located in the left periphery of the central circular diagram. Bucking in different areas of the cloth panel. Please note that the medium for this work is pigments on cloth. This lot is exhibited in a temporary frame.
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