Episode aus der Kṛṣṇa-Legende und Illustration zur Sukamāla-Legende - photo 1
Episode aus der Kṛṣṇa-Legende und Illustration zur Sukamāla-Legende - photo 2

Episode aus der Kṛṣṇa-Legende und Illustration zur Sukamāla-Legende

Lot 1867
14.06.2023 09:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 1867 | Episode aus der Kṛṣṇa-Legende und Illustration zur Sukamāla-Legende
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€ 1 500 – 2 500
Episode from the Kṛṣṇa Legend and Illustration to the Sukamāla Legend - Rajasthan, ca. 19th c. - I: An episode from the Kṛṣṇa legend, which cannot be further identified, is depicted in a completing mode of representation, i.e. the storyline consisting of several episodes is shown on a single picture surface. A small child, who can be identified with some certainty as the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa by body colour, forehead markings and nimbus, is held in the arms first by a man, then by a woman. The third sequence of images shows Kṛṣṇa lying on the ground and sucking on his toe enclosed by a tendril of leaves. The painting refers to the motif of the god Kṛṣṇa as the lord of the banyan leaf, which is one of the popular and well-known motifs of Kṛṣṇaitic folk piety and shows the god as a small kund lying on his back and sucking his toe on a floating leaf of the banyan tree. II: An inscription at the top of the picture names the scene depicted as śrī sukamāla ji ki tasvīr ("Image of Sukamāla), referring to the conversion story Sukamāla Cariu of Vibudha Śrīdhara written in Apabhramsha in the early 13th century. The story of Sukamāla is depicted here in a completing painting style, i.e. the storyline consisting of several episodes is shown on a single picture surface. The left half of the picture is filled by the schematic representation of a building. In the largest room, Sukamāla is resting on a couch, surrounded by numerous rooms inhabited by women. As the main character of the story, Sukamāla, who in the further course of the plot escapes from the building and rappels down the right side to do so, is shown enlarged compared to the other characters. At the top right, Sukamāla is depicted in a temple. He first bows before a jinabildnis and thus renounces the world; he then removes his clothes and stands before the shrine as a naked digambara monk. Below right, Sukamāla is depicted in standing asceticism (Sanskrit: kayotsarga) under a tree while being attacked by wild animals. This scene is reminiscent of the Jinal legend, in which Mahāvīra perseveres despite violent disturbances to his asceticism and thereby attains omniscience. - From an important private collection in northern Germany, collected mainly in India from the early 1950s until the 1980s
28 x 37,5 und 24,5 x 33,2 cm
I: Abgebildet ist eine nicht näher zu identifizierende Episode aus der Kṛṣṇa-Legende in komplettierender Darstellungsweise, d.h. der aus mehreren Episoden bestehende Handlungsstrang wird auf einer einzigen Bildfläche gezeigt. Ein kleines Kind, das durch Körperfarbe, Stirnmarkierung und Nimbus einigermaßen sicher als die hinduistische Gottheit Kṛṣṇa identifiziert werden kann, wird zunächst von einem Mann, anschließend von einer Frau auf dem Arm gehalten. Die dritte Bildsequenz zeigt Kṛṣṇa, der auf dem Boden liegend und eingefasst von einer Blätterranke an seinem Zeh saugt. Die Malerei bezieht sich auf das Motiv des Gottes Kṛṣṇa als Herr des Banyanblattes, das zu den beliebten und bekannten Motiven der kṛṣṇaitischen Volksfrömmigkeit gehört und den Gott als Kleinkund auf dem Rücken liegend und an seinem Zeh saugend auf einem schwimmenden Blatt des Banyanbaumes zeigt. II: Eine Aufschrift am oberen Bildrand benennt die abgebildete Szene als śrī sukamāla ji ki tasvīr („Bild von Sukamāla), was auf die im frühen 13. Jahrhundert in Apabhramsha verfasste Bekehrungsgeschichte Sukamāla Cariu des Vibudha Śrīdhara verweist. Die Geschichte von Sukamāla ist hier in einer komplettierenden Malweise abgebildet, d.h. der aus mehreren Episoden bestehende Handlungsstrang wird auf einer einzigen Bildfläche gezeigt. Die linke Bildhälfte wird von der schematischen Abbildung eines Gebäudes ausgefüllt. Im größten Raum ruht Sukamāla auf einer Liege, umgeben von zahlreichen Räumen, die von Frauen bewohnt sind. Als Hauptfigur der Geschichte ist Sukamāla, der im weiteren Handlungsverlauf aus dem Hause flieht und sich dazu an der rechten Seite abseilt, gegenüber den übrigen Personen vergrößert abgebildet. Oben rechts ist Sukamāla in einem Tempel abgebildet. Er verneigt sich zunächst vor einem Jinabildnis und entsagt auf diese Weise der Welt; anschließend legt er seine Kleidung ab und steht nun als nackter Digambara-Mönch vor dem Schrein. Unten rechts ist Sukamāla in stehender Askese (Sanskrit: kayotsarga) unter einem Baum abgebildet, während er von wilden Tieren angefallen wird. Diese Szene erinnert an die Jinalegende, in der Mahāvīra trotz gewalttätiger Störungen seiner Askese standhaft verharrt und dadurch die Allwissenheit erlangt.
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