A JAIN PATA OF PARSHVANATHA GURAJAT, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY A JAIN PATA OF PARSHVANATHA GURAJAT, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

A JAIN PATA OF PARSHVANATHA GURAJAT, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

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Opaque pigments and gold on cloth. Parshvanatha is depicted in the center standing protected by a hood of nagas issuing from his golden crown, draped in a white dhoti with foliate designs, his body adorned in jewelry, all above a smaller figure of the tirthankara above a lotus. The central deity surrounded by several lobed and star-shaped panels (satkonas) representing the cosmos and its phenomena . 80 by 53 cm.