A portable Jain Shvetambara Siddhachakra. Pigments on paper, glass and a copper alloy container. Western India. 19th/20th century - image-1

Lot 33 Dα

A portable Jain Shvetambara Siddhachakra. Pigments on paper, glass and a copper alloy container. Western India. 19th/20th century

Auction 1179 - overview Cologne
24.06.2021, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst
Estimate: 400 € - 500 €

A portable Jain Shvetambara Siddhachakra. Pigments on paper, glass and a copper alloy container. Western India. 19th/20th century

At the centre, an arhat seated in meditation on a throne, wearing a crown and garland, surrounded by eight lotus petals, filled with a siddha at the top and three other figures alternating with the inscription of the four essential conditions for the attainment of Liberation.
Diameter 11.3 cm

Provenance

Private collection, Berlin, acquired in the 1990s