Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c13.93

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c13.93

57. The Nirvāṇa of Mahāvīra. Mahāvīra wearing all sorts of ornaments is seated on a throne. The Siddhaśilā is represented in the shape of a crescent flanked with a tree on either side. The fine treatment of the trees reminds one of similar trees in Sidi Sayyid’s mosque at Ahmedābād. The background is red and the Siddhaśilā is white. The foliage is represented blue.

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