Das jainistische Universum in menschlicher Gestalt (lokapuruṣa) - photo 1
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Das jainistische Universum in menschlicher Gestalt (lokapuruṣa)

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Lot 1834 | Das jainistische Universum in menschlicher Gestalt (lokapuruṣa)
THE JAIN UNIVERSE IN HUMAN FORM (LOKAPURUSA) - Gujarat or Rajasthan, ca. 17th c. - The Jain universe is already described in detail in the early Jain tradition and became an important theme of Jain literature, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries. At the same time, the universe also became a motif of Jainist art. In addition to miniatures made for illustration in cosmological manuscripts, large-format fabric paintings were created that usually showed the cosmos in the form of a 'world man' (Sanskrit: lokapuruṣa). In outline, the Jain universe resembles an hourglass, which in painting form the upper and lower body of the cosmic man and are composed of a multitude of coloured squares, thus indicating the different levels of the heavens and hells. In the lower section, which extends hip-downwards from the lokapuruṣa, the seven levels of the hells and the torments of hell are depicted. The upper section is formed by the superimposed planes of the heavens, which extend into the face of the 'world man' and are marked by the images of the celestial kings, the rulers of the heavenly regions. A circular disc in the hip region of the lokapuruṣa shows the central continent of Jambudvīpa as a section of the middle world (madhyaloka) inhabited by humans and animals. On the forehead, a reclining crescent moon marks the paradisiacal place at the apex of the universe where the jinas reside after their redemption. The depiction of the 'World Man' is based on representations of the Jina in early modern miniature painting (so-called West Indian style). This is evident in the design of the face and the crown, but above all in the Aśoka tree blossoms that hang down from long stems and frame the head like a nimbus. Flanking the head of the 'world man' are two gods with jars, as depicted for the consecration of the jinas in the miniatures of the Jin legend. Just like the richly decorated canopy at the upper edge of the picture and the border-like base, these divine beings resemble corresponding images in Jain miniature painting and bring the fabric painting stylistically close to the West Indian schools of painting. - From an important private collection in northern Germany, largely collected in India from the early 1950s until the 1980s - Cut line, wear, minor damages due to age, framed under glass
84 x 28 cm R.
Das jainistische Universum ist bereits in der frühen Überlieferung der Jainas ausführlich beschrieben und wurde vor allem im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert zu einem wichtigen Thema der jainistischen Literatur. Gleichzeitig wurde das Universum auch zu einem Motiv der jainistischen Kunst. Neben Miniaturen, die zur Illustration in kosmologischen Handschriften gefertigt wurden, entstanden großformatige Stoffbilder, die den Kosmos meist in Gestalt eines ‚Weltmenschen‘ (Sanskrit: lokapuruṣa) zeigten. Im Umriss ähnelt das jainistische Universum einer Sanduhr, die in der Malerei den Ober- und Unterleib des kosmischen Mannes bilden und aus einer Vielzahl farbiger Quadrate zusammengesetzt ist, womit die verschiedenen Ebenen der Himmel und Höllen angedeutet werden. Im unteren Abschnitt, der sich hüftabwärts des lokapuruṣa erstreckt, sind die sieben Ebenen der Höllen und die Höllenqualen abgebildet. Den Oberkörper bilden die übereinander gelagerten Ebenen der Himmel, die sich bis in das Gesicht des ‚Weltmenschen‘ erstrecken und durch die Abbildungen der himmlischen Könige, die Herrscher der Himmelgegenden, gekennzeichnet sind. Eine kreisrunde Scheibe in der Hüftgegend des lokapuruṣa zeigt den Zentralkontinent Jambudvīpa als Ausschnitt der mittleren Welt (madhyaloka), die von Menschen und Tieren bewohnt wird. Auf der Stirn markiert eine liegende Mondsichel den paradiesischen Ort am Scheitelpunkt des Universums, an dem sich die Jinas nach ihrer Erlösung aufhalten. Die Abbildung des ‚Weltenmannes‘ ist an Darstellungen des Jina in der frühneuzeitlichen Miniaturmalerei (sog. Westindischer Stil) angelehnt. Dies zeigt sich in der Gestaltung von Gesichts und in der Krone, vor allem aber durch die Aśokabaumblüten, die an langen Stengeln herabhängen und den Kopf nimbusartig einfassen. Den Kopf des ‚Weltenmannes‘ flankierend stehen zwei Götter mit Krügen, wie sie zur Weihe der Jinas in den Miniaturen zur Jinalegende abgebildet werden. Ebenso wie der reichverzierte Baldachin am oberen Bildrand und der bordürenartig gestaltete Sockel ähneln diese göttlichen Wesen entsprechenden Abbildungen in der jainistische Miniaturmalerei und rücken die Stoffmalerei stilistisch in die Nähe der westindischen Malschulen.
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