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Showing results for "Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel" in Credit Line.
- Title
- Jina, fragment of a larger shrine
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 20th-century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 15th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.123
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Head of Shiva
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.124
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Vishnu and Consorts
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Century
- 16th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century - 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.125
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Lakshmi-Narayana, pair of standing figures (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.126
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Vinadhara - Dakshinamurti
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, South India
- Object Creation Date
- 15th century - 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.127
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Virabhadra
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 17th-18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 17th century - 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.128
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Vishnu with Two Attendants
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 20th-century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.129
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Vishnu (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.130
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Vishnu, seated (worn from centuries of handling)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Northeastern India
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.131
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Krishna
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Bengal
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.132
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Bala-Krishna
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, North or Central India
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.133
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Venugopala (Krishna fluting)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Century
- 20th-century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.134
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Lota (sacred bowl)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Tamil Nadu
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.135
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Yama mounted on a buffalo (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kerala Workshop
- Century
- 17th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 17th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.136
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Equestrian Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.137
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
- Title
- Village Hero (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.138
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Village Hero (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.139
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Village Hero (? Rama; fragment) (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.140
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Yasoda and Krishna (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.141
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Yasoda and Krishna (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.142
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Lakshmi (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.143
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Yasoda and Krishna (small folk bronze)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown India, Tamil Nadu, Pudukottai Workshop
- Century
- 16th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 16th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.144
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Durga copper plate with mystic design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
- Physical Description
- A ten-armed figure sits with her legs tucked under her on a tiger with a long uplifted tail. The figure is incised onto the copper plate with a chisel. One set of arms are crossed across her chest, while all but six hands hold weapons. A crossed spear and trident form an X behind the figure. She has wide bracelets at each of her wrists and wears elaborate circular earrings and nose ring with a three partite crown. Two lines in devanagari script are above the figure.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.145
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Durga Copper Plate
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Kulu, Himachal Pradesh
- Physical Description
- An eight armed goddess sits astride a tiger with uplifted tail. She carries a noose, punch dagger, shankha, and trident in her right hands and a bow, ring-like discus, arrow and shield in her left arms. She wears a long garland of either large rudraksa or heads around her heck along with other necklaces and pendants. She sits with legs pendant wearing a long skirt. Behind the figure a Om symbol with the end of the letter twirled around it twice and the word Shri written in Devanagari script. Below the figure a grid of letters forms a sacred diagram. The lines forming the grid all end in trident forms. Each square of the grid houses a different letter in nagari.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.146
- Medium and Support
- copper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Durga blessing a Raja and his entourage
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.147
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Krishna extinguishing the forest fire
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Marwar, Jodhpur?
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.148
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
- Title
- Drawing for a Ramayana series: Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva in conference (fol. 204)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Punjab Hills
- Physical Description
- Rama and Lakshmana sit under a tree with the King of the monkeys, surrounded by monkeys. Some monkeys have taken to flight in the upper corners of the drawing. With a few deft strokes the artist conveys the swiftly changing emotions of the moment, as the monkeys respond with astonishment, empathy, and action to Rama’s pleas.
- Century
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.149
- Medium and Support
- ink on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Warriors going into battle from a Mahabharata series
- Artist
- India, Maharashtra, Paithan School
- Physical Description
- Three warriors march forward, taking up nearly the entire frame. Blue soldiers carring weapons and shields bring up the front and rear. They appear to move through a stylized tree landscape.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century - mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.150
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Mahâbhârata series: Warriors in conference
- Artist
- India, Maharashtra, Paithan School
- Physical Description
- Large image painted with bold blues, reds, greens and yellows. Illustrates seven figures; three on the left half and four on the right. Several of the figures are pinching some sort of food substance. The figures that are closest to the right and left edges of the image also are holding weapons.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 19th century - mid 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.151
- Medium and Support
- ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Ragini Minavati
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.152
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Kukubha ragini
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.153
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
- Title
- Ragamala series: Ragini Bilavala
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.154
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Hindola Raga (folio no. 13?)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.155
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Raga Malakosha
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.156
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Ragini Gujari
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.157
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Nata Ragini 3 (Battle scene)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.158
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Lalit Ragini
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.159
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Ragini Kedarau
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.160
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Ragini Patamanjari
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.161
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Ragamala series: Bhairon Raga
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur School
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.162
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Jina venerated by a monk and a lay devotee from Digambara Jain Manuscript
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- A man reclines on a carpet or cloth, and looks up at two figures above him. On the right, a deity sits cross-legged on a pedestal with a canopy over its head. To the left, another figure faces the deity, also on a pedestal carpet. He appears to be naked, and raises his in gesture towards the deity. A metal lamp or ewer rests below him, on what appears to be an abstract mountain, on which the reclining man also lies. He holds what may be prayer beads, and wears robes with stripes and his covered head rests on a pillow.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.163
- Medium and Support
- Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Jina venerated by a monk, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi from Digambara Jain manuscript
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- A nude monk on the top left sits before a Jina at top right. Three Hindu gods, Harihara, Garuda, and Nandi venerate the Jina in the bottom registers.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.164
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and worshipper
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- In the upper register of this folio a woman holds a child who is crowned and adorned with jewels. The golden hue of the infant, along with the fan held above their heads signifies the child’s importance. They sit in devotion before a Jina, indicated by his nudity—a trademark of Digambara Jina and a sign of purity.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.165
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and monk with Lakshmi-Narayana & Ardhanarishvara (fol. No. 42)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- This work is painted in tones of red, green, dark blue, and orange/gold, against a light background. At the top is a sun with a many rays and a human face. Below this are two seated figures who are unclothed. They are seated on thrones decorated with colorful designs. One has reddish skin and is shown in profile, looking at the sun with hands raised. The other has orange skin and is seated in a lotus posiiton, facing front. Below them is a scene that shows two figures, a woman and a blue-skinned man, turned toward a half-man, half-woman figure who is seated on a tiger rug. These figures are dressed in colorful clothing and adorned with jewelry and hold various objects in their hands.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.166
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk and a royal devotee
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- This is a brightly colored painting on a light background. It depicts a three- tiered scene with several figures, standing and kneeling, looking toward a central seated figure in the top tier. This male figure is seated in lotus position on a throne, decorated with colorful designs. To his left and right are attendants who fan him. In the middle tier, there is a nude man with long hair, a kneeling woman and a figure who is half-man and half-serpent. In the bottom tier, there are two kneeling men, wearing robes and headdresses, with hands pressed together and eyes gazing upward toward the main figure. They are surrounded by a tiger, a bird, an insect and a serpent.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.167
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina and battle scene
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- Worshippers gather and seem to celebrate around a sky-clad (nude) Jina and monk at top center. Flanking these figures are two searted drummers. In the lower register men on horseback and elephant look up to them as the ride by and raise their weapons in battle. A trumpeter sounds his instrument in the bottom left.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.168
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a community of laymen
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- Eight worshippers sit to the right of a sky-clad (nude) Jina and monk. They each raise beads in their hands. Below them a struggle is depicted. Two men in shorts wrestle, while a snake, tiger, and elephant rera up beside a fire.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.169
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Jina venerated by a monk, men and women, a naga, and animals from a Digambara Jain manuscript
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- A Jina is encircled by a giant halo of ref, green, blue, gold, and white. Within the halo are different creatures, including a tiger, bird, naga, and devotees. The Jina sits nude on a throne with his legs crossed and hands together. Above him are clouds in the sky, and below a monk and devotees.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.170
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Digambara Jain manuscript page: Jina venerated by a monk, layman, and cobras
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- A naked Jina sits on a throne with a naked monk to his left offering praise. A devotee sits in a lotus pond that is surrounded by flames, yet his face appears serene ans he holds his rosary. Two cobras appear next to the flames, with a three in the background.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.171
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel.
- Title
- Jina and a monk in a landscape from a Digambara Jain manuscript
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India, Sirohi School
- Physical Description
- This painting illustrates a verse from a Digambara Jain manuscript that likens the capacity of praising the Jina to destroy sins to the way the sun obliterates darkness; it shows a sun with the face of a Jina illuminating the sky. The golden-hued Jina and the monk who venerate a Jina are nude, identifying them as belonging to the Digambara (sky-clad) sect of Jainism.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1975/2.172
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel