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Das jainistische Universum

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14.06.2023 09:30UTC +02:00
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Lot 1835 | Das jainistische Universum
THE JAIN UINIVERSE - Gujarat or Rajasthan, ca. 18th c. or later - The painting shows the outline of the Jain universe against a greenish-turquoise background and framed by a yellow-red frame with the inscription śrībhavatīlokaka. The image is limited to a symbolic suggestion of the heavens and hells, each consisting of several levels. In the lower half of the picture, the seven levels of the hells are depicted, with each level divided into three parts against a blue background showing the torments to be endured there. In the upper half of the picture are the heavens, whose eight lower levels are symbolised by the bird-shaped vehicles of the kings of the gods residing there. The higher celestial spheres above are only indicated by coloured lines. Above them, at the top of the universe, is the place of the perfected souls (siddhaloka), where the jinas reside after their redemption. The side areas of the universe, which are filled in the descriptions of heavens and hells, are not rendered in detail by the artist, but are instead provided with decorative flower tendrils. - From an important private collection in northern Germany, collected mainly in India from the early 1950s until the 1980s
40 x 28,5 cm R.
Die Malerei zeigt den Umriss des jainistische Universum vor einem grünlich-türkisen Hintergrund und eingefasst von einem gelbroten Rahmen mit der Aufschrift śrībhavatīlokaka. Die Abbildung beschränkt sich auf eine symbolhafte Andeutung der Himmel und Höllen, die jeweils aus mehreren Ebenen bestehen. In der unteren Bildhälfte sind die sieben Ebenen der Höllen abgebildet, wobei jede Ebene dreigeteilt vor blauem Hintergrund die dort zu erduldenden Qualen zeigt. In der oberen Bildhälfte befinden sich die Himmel, deren acht untere Ebenen durch die vogelförmigen Fahrzeuge der dort residierenden Götterkönige symbolisiert sind. Die darüberliegenden höheren himmlischen Sphären sind durch farbige Linien nur angedeutet, darüber befindet sich an der Spitze des Universums der Ort der vollendeten Seelen (siddhaloka), wo sich die Jinas nach ihrer Erlösung aufhalten. Die Seitenbereiche des Universums, die in den Beschreibungen von Himmeln und Höllen ausgefüllt werden, sind vom Künstler nicht im Detail wiedergegeben, sondern stattdessen mit dekorativen Blumenranken versehen.
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