File:Two and a Half Continents. Jain cosmographical painting (CBL InE 1669).jpg
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Jain cosmographical painting (CBL InE 1669) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
Jain cosmographical painting (CBL InE 1669) label QS:Len,"Jain cosmographical painting (CBL InE 1669)" |
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Object type | hanging scroll | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Two and a Half Continents. The Jain religion teaches that the universe is composed of three worlds (the upper heavenly world, the middle mortal world, and the lower world of the damned) each consisting of a series of infinite continents. This painting on a hanging scroll depicts the two and a half continents which sit at the centre of the middle world. Western India, late 18th - 19th century. Chester Beatty Library InE 1669 |
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Date | Late 18th - 19th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | cotton and pigment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 1,195 mm (47 in) ; width: 1,195 mm (47 in) ; thickness: 60 mm (2.3 in) dimensions QS:P2048,+1195U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,+1195U174789 dimensions QS:P2610,+60U174789 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q391976
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Accession number |
InE 1669 (Chester Beatty Library) |
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Place of creation | Indian subcontinent | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | two-and-a-half-continents/fQFnxpMw552pIQ — Google Arts & Culture |
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