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| Keywords: Double-sided Leaf from a Chandana Malayaqiri Varta Series Ascribed to the artists Karam and Mahata Chandji.jpg Whereas most manuscript paintings made in Rajasthan in the eighteenth century were commissioned by Hindu rulers this painting was made for a practitioner of the Jain religion probably a wealthy merchant The image illustrates a Jain text though the precise subject is difficult to identify and includes a small shrine with an icon of a Jain savior known as a Jina or Tirthankara on the right The icon sits cross-legged in a meditative posture and the temple has two white towers of the classic North Indian form In a nice detail a small pool in front of the temple reflects the surrounding architecture 1745 Opaque watercolor and gold on paper Overall 11 3/8 x 7 7/8 in 28 9 x 20 0 cm Institution Brooklyn Museum object history credit line Gift of Mr and Mrs Paul E Manheim accession number 69 125 5 http //www brooklynmuseum org/opencollection/labs/splitsecond/painting php id 54 Chandana Malayaqiri Varta Series PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard 18th-century Mughal miniatures 18th-century paintings from India in the Brooklyn Museum 1745 watercolor paintings 1740s paintings from India Jain art in India Illuminated manuscripts created in India Jain manuscripts | ||||
