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Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.80

Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c6.80

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c6.80

The chief interest of these wall-paintings, from the point of view of the history of Jain miniatures, lies in the angular treatment of the nose and chin and the protrusion of the farther eye into space. Both these characteristics appear in the figures of the flying gods, nuns and the Digambara monks.